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Designated "Expert" Forum Users?
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Cerebus on February 21, 2022, 01:34:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: Brumby on February 21, 2022, 07:42:28 am ---Besides, the statistic has been available for anyone to see - and has been for as long as I can remember. Just click on a member's Username and it's right there on the landing page of their profile.
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There's quite a difference of degree between the statistic being available for anyone to see upon seeking it out, and seeing it every time one reads a post.
As I've consistently pointed out, the "thanked" count isn't a helpful statistic. At best, it partitions people into "either helpful or affable or both" and "not (either helpful or affable or both)". At worst it tells you nothing. The only time I've found it informative is as a loose indication when I've encountered someone I haven't noticed before, and they are either being a dick, apparently trolling, or trying to start a fight, to determine if they are just having a bad day or if it's likely to be normal behaviour for them
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It might be nice if the count shows up in the particular thread only.
e.g. If someones post in this thread was Thanked 5 times, the count would show up under the username as 5, otherwise it doesn't show at all?
ataradov:
It is not clear to me what is the actual problem this is supposed to solve.
The idea seems to be to let new users know who to trust. But let's say someone completely new to the forum sees that someone was thanked 123 times. Is this a lot? What is the baseline? How would they know? May be even the most useless troll accounts were thanked 120 times and 123 is just in the noise.
I just went and checked a few accounts that I would not trust, and they have 100s of thanks.
Zero999:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 22, 2022, 07:47:06 am ---
--- Quote from: Cerebus on February 21, 2022, 01:34:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: Brumby on February 21, 2022, 07:42:28 am ---Besides, the statistic has been available for anyone to see - and has been for as long as I can remember. Just click on a member's Username and it's right there on the landing page of their profile.
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There's quite a difference of degree between the statistic being available for anyone to see upon seeking it out, and seeing it every time one reads a post.
As I've consistently pointed out, the "thanked" count isn't a helpful statistic. At best, it partitions people into "either helpful or affable or both" and "not (either helpful or affable or both)". At worst it tells you nothing. The only time I've found it informative is as a loose indication when I've encountered someone I haven't noticed before, and they are either being a dick, apparently trolling, or trying to start a fight, to determine if they are just having a bad day or if it's likely to be normal behaviour for them
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It might be nice if the count shows up in the particular thread only.
e.g. If someones post in this thread was Thanked 5 times, the count would show up under the username as 5, otherwise it doesn't show at all?
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According to my poll public opinion is mostly against the thanked counter in every post, but it's not as unpopular as the expert idea.
Doing it for individual threads is another idea, but I'd be in favour of just scrapping the counter altogether, whether it's in the profile, or posts. The thank you system should be kept, but only displayed for individual posts.
wilfred:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on February 22, 2022, 08:23:35 am ---
According to my poll public opinion is mostly against the thanked counter in every post, but it's not as unpopular as the expert idea.
Doing it for individual threads is another idea, but I'd be in favour of just scrapping the counter altogether, whether it's in the profile, or posts. The thank you system should be kept, but only displayed for individual posts.
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The thanks function still has a useful purpose. It is easily apparent when someone makes a worthwhile considered post for the benefit of other forum members. And saying "thanks for the input and effort" can be inferred by the recipient.
And where Ataradov observes "I just went and checked a few accounts that I would not trust, and they have 100s of thanks." it is as easily inferred that the highly opinionated relative few tend to accumulate thanks in the diminished form of "I agree with this side of the argument".
Keep the thanks counter because it does serve to reward those worthy of it.
Zero999:
--- Quote from: wilfred on February 22, 2022, 08:53:27 am ---
--- Quote from: Zero999 on February 22, 2022, 08:23:35 am ---
According to my poll public opinion is mostly against the thanked counter in every post, but it's not as unpopular as the expert idea.
Doing it for individual threads is another idea, but I'd be in favour of just scrapping the counter altogether, whether it's in the profile, or posts. The thank you system should be kept, but only displayed for individual posts.
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The thanks function still has a useful purpose. It is easily apparent when someone makes a worthwhile considered post for the benefit of other forum members. And saying "thanks for the input and effort" can be inferred by the recipient.
And where Ataradov observes "I just went and checked a few accounts that I would not trust, and they have 100s of thanks." it is as easily inferred that the highly opinionated relative few tend to accumulate thanks in the diminished form of "I agree with this side of the argument".
Keep the thanks counter because it does serve to reward those worthy of it.
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You seem to have missed my point. I didn't say get rid of the thank you system. It should be kept. Whether the counters should remain or go, is a separate debate.
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