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| Brumby:
--- Quote from: Brumby on February 18, 2022, 07:58:20 am ---Not sure about the display of thanks so prominently. --- End quote --- At the time of the above post, I was on an "almost there" 2998. Now it's 3001. Feeling a little better about it now... ;D |
| MK14:
Suggestion: What if we removed (at least visibly), the TOTAL thanks, at least from all visible places and/or the forum server entirely. But kept its display on individual posts. Because the total doesn't really make a lot of sense. There might be a real big wig technical expert, who makes some of the best and technically accurate/helpful posts, on this forum. But who only pops on and makes the odd post or so, every few months. So only has perhaps 22 posts and 5 thanks, in total. Alternatively, there could be someone with 11,565 thanks, who mainly just frequents the Tea thread ( see here: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/ ). Then, gets a huge number of thanks, with little effort. But who might not make the best of posts (they could, but they haven't got time to), in the technical parts of the forum. Compared to the very best of the best, posters on this forum. (Sorry Tea thread people. I'm just trying to explain a point, rather than upset some people). tl;dr Consider leaving ability to thank posts, but remove all ability to see thank totals, as it is somewhat meaningless and/or too addicting, in an arguably bad way (***Facebook effect (Addiction and/or Dopamine gains), if you understand what I mean). Alternatively: Give each user an option, which allows them to OPT-OUT of the thanks total capabilities/display for this forum server. |
| m k:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on February 18, 2022, 02:00:53 am ---I'd much prefer a system where others can up or down-vote --- End quote --- User's down vote count must fade. Can you check how votes are spreading among voters? Like post count, flag and so on. My guess is that in low education level environment a status is more important and more abused. Similarly with answers for newcomer questioneer questions. I think the worst case for the community is when newcomer is disappointing after excitement. That newcomer is very likely lost. My prediction is that with current state Stack Exchange would never have been. Newcomers are not the community, the core is the community. Yes, the core will fade without newcomers but good mood of the community will disappear in a blink without off topic capability, even faster if it is actively blocked. |
| Siwastaja:
Downvoting / thumbs down is cancer. Heck, I tend to be quite harsh sometimes and hate wrong information. Yet the last thing I ever want is thumbs down feature of any kind. It will be just abused 95% of the time, downvoted by people who don't know what they are talking about and don't like those who do. It will almost never be based on the actual research on the subject, but emotional instincts instead, because it's so damn easy and quick to click. Besides, even when some reply is utter crap to the point of needing downvoting, I would be tempted to click that button and then job done, that would give the dopamine for "correcting wrong information" without ever having to do the hard work yourself. And it's exactly this hard work, showing how and why others are wrong, and provide the correct information, which is so valuable not only for the OP, but the whole community. |
| MK14:
--- Quote from: Siwastaja on February 18, 2022, 03:44:24 pm ---Downvoting / thumbs down --- End quote --- If I remember correctly. In the same way, the thanks system here, is sometimes used between mutual friends and/or very well liked posters. I've seen fights break out, which just go down hill fast and get worse and worse, just because of down-voting/dislike functionality. E.g. A poster, for quite genuine reasons gives a dislike to someone else's post, somewhere. They then correspondingly downvote a post, by the person who downvoted them, for no good reason at all. Then the other fellow, starts downvoting ALL the posts, the other guy makes. Later a number of well established friends of the other fellow, then ALL give the original guy, lot of negatives/dislikes, for any post they make. Others can then join in. Until total mayhem breaks out, and someone from the moderation team has to step in and start giving people, free of charge holiday/rest periods (I guess you know what I mean). Disclaimer: Part of the reason my recollection of the event(s) I described is so weak/sketchy (and/or the mod team had already cleared up the resultant mess, by deleting information, by the time I got to it. But fragments of what had happened, still remained, if I remember correctly). Is because I thought the whole thing was such complete and utter nonsense, It further motivated me to 'move' to other places on the internet. Why bother with forums that have suddenly had crazy ideas on how to run a forum. tl;dr It seemed to cause terrible in fighting. |
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