Adding a "like" button to realgm

[alucryts]

this is a topic that is brought up on the bulls thread about improving poster quality. this would ideally replace all the +1 type posts that add nothing. maybe even have a running total of 'likes' somewhere?


GetBuLLish said:
"One suggestion I have for this problem, even though I'm sure the mods here cannot implement it, is a "like" button. If there was such a button, a poster who agreed with someone else's post could just click that button. In my opinion, I enjoy when I hear that someone or some people agree with my line of reasoning. And usually the only way to know that is when they make a "+1" post or something along those lines. If they are not allowed to do that, then I will make a post, and the only reaction I will see is the negative ones and I'll think my argument was idiotic. If there was a like button which showed that 10 people agreed with me, however, that would not be a problem.

Just a suggestion that maybe the mods here can run by any higher ups."

i think this is an excellent idea to clean up some clutter. im not sure if it would be a good idea or not, but maybe add a dislike button as well? i suggest putting them next to the report button to give the report button more publicity as well. maybe the running total as well as people who like the post could be put under the post just like where the text is for who and how many edits present?

[alucryts]

Jo Jo English
"I wholeheartedly agree with this. Another forum that I frequent has such a feature and I find it very useful. As GetBuLLish said it is enjoyable when you get positive feedback on a particular post. We all like to feel as if we are contributing to the board and often, in the past, I've responded to a quality post with a brief "+1" comment or a sentence or two explaining why I liked it so much. I also can understand how a response like that though is unnecessary and can clutter the board needlessly. If there was a "like" button that you could click on a particular post it would probably eliminate the "+1" or "this" posts entirely. I know the moderators here on the Bulls board don't have the authority or ability to add that to the forum themselves, but perhaps it could be suggested to those in a position that could to implement it in the future."

[JackFinn]

This feature motivates posters to be more substantive or adorable. I plus-one all those who co-sign this idea by quoting it before typing the word THIS as if to say "what he said."

[alucryts]

chadrucf
"I'd like to echo the idea of a "like" or "thumbs up" button. It would clear up a lot of the clutter (accompanied by moderating), while maintaining an avenue for posters to express the same sentiments. We really don't need a page (or more) devoted to applauding a post in short quip form. But it is nice to have a some way to show appreciation or figuratively +1 a post. This would (at least subliminally) shift some focus towards quality analysis posts and away from ego boost posts. I don't feel, however, there should be a "dislike" or "thumbs down" button, as I see those as being exclusionary to newer posters and fueling a mob-mentality of hate.

I would really be interested in assessing the plausibility of adding this functionality to this board. I'm not sure what that means in terms of other realgm boards. Is it possible in general? Is it possible to have it on the Bulls board only? etc. I also like the idea of having the ability to see who "liked" the post, but once again have no idea about the logistics of implementing something like that."

[chadrucf]

EDIT: Since my comment was just placed in here, I'll edit out the double post.

[harry lockheart]

SBNation has the "like" function for their comment section and they also have a feature where anything that gets three or more "recs/likes" changes color to green. It's pretty helpful for finding good posts. It definitely does discourage the "+1" phenomenon.

[johnnyvann840]

This feature motivates posters to be more substantive or adorable. I plus-one all those who co-sign this idea by quoting it before typing the word THIS as if to say "what he said."

[Evilash53]

I also fully support the feature of a "like" button, as well as seeing who "liked" it, if at all possible. As previously mentioned, it is good feeling when you see people responding positively to your post. This feature would continue that benefit, while decreasing the unnecessary space tied up in quoting and "+1"-ing.

[Cliff Levingston]

Taken from Cliff Levingston's post in the thread where this came from:

There's a political message board called "USmessageboard.com" and they have something like the "Like" button and it doesn't work, at all (it's called "thanks for this post" or something like that). Maybe it's because that's politics where a lot of crazy left/right wingers like to post, but all that happens with that is that the lefties "like" what the lefties post and the righties like what the righties post. If you bring even a remotely moderate position, people from both sides will pretty much ignore you, so you end up with some of the worst posters getting more "likes" and such. It doesn't really add anything.

On that board as well, it shows "rep power" which summarizes the amount of "liked" posts you have, or something like that. It's pretty pointless and doesn't really help. If anything, it only goes to drawing attention to bad posts, ICLO.

[harry lockheart]

Taken from Cliff Levingston's post in the thread where this came from:

There's a political message board called "USmessageboard.com" and they have something like the "Like" button and it doesn't work, at all (it's called "thanks for this post" or something like that). Maybe it's because that's politics where a lot of crazy left/right wingers like to post, but all that happens with that is that the lefties "like" what the lefties post and the righties like what the righties post. If you bring even a remotely moderate position, people from both sides will pretty much ignore you, so you end up with some of the worst posters getting more "likes" and such. It doesn't really add anything.

On that board as well, it shows "rep power" which summarizes the amount of "liked" posts you have, or something like that. It's pretty pointless and doesn't really help. If anything, it only goes to drawing attention to bad posts, ICLO.

I think the purpose of the "like" button is mostly to eliminate the "+1", as it is the same thing without taking up space. It does a pretty good job of that. I think you hit the nail no the head about bipartisanship, though. At times there are factions that exist on team boards, but it's much less than like that of a politics board.

[Rerisen]

Taken from Cliff Levingston's post in the thread where this came from:

There's a political message board called "USmessageboard.com" and they have something like the "Like" button and it doesn't work, at all (it's called "thanks for this post" or something like that). Maybe it's because that's politics where a lot of crazy left/right wingers like to post, but all that happens with that is that the lefties "like" what the lefties post and the righties like what the righties post. If you bring even a remotely moderate position, people from both sides will pretty much ignore you, so you end up with some of the worst posters getting more "likes" and such. It doesn't really add anything.

On that board as well, it shows "rep power" which summarizes the amount of "liked" posts you have, or something like that. It's pretty pointless and doesn't really help. If anything, it only goes to drawing attention to bad posts, ICLO.

I think the ideal feature would show only the amount of "+1" or liked hits that were received by that particular post in a thread. Not so much a larger rep tracking thing, because that would likely create extra spamming on the same topics over and over as posters tried to pander to those that share their opinion in an attempt to up their 'rep' or w/e it would be tracked as.

I.e. you might have two PG's competing for minutes on a team. Half the board likes one guy, half likes the other. You are going to get some people simply spamming "Joe Bob sucks" and getting rep ups for that when it really isn't adding anything to the discussion.

[UrbanLegendMD]

No reason to slow down the board with this. If you need something to bring up self esteem go pay a prostitute to talk to you.

[Cliff Levingston]

Taken from Cliff Levingston's post in the thread where this came from:

There's a political message board called "USmessageboard.com" and they have something like the "Like" button and it doesn't work, at all (it's called "thanks for this post" or something like that). Maybe it's because that's politics where a lot of crazy left/right wingers like to post, but all that happens with that is that the lefties "like" what the lefties post and the righties like what the righties post. If you bring even a remotely moderate position, people from both sides will pretty much ignore you, so you end up with some of the worst posters getting more "likes" and such. It doesn't really add anything.

On that board as well, it shows "rep power" which summarizes the amount of "liked" posts you have, or something like that. It's pretty pointless and doesn't really help. If anything, it only goes to drawing attention to bad posts, ICLO.

I think the purpose of the "like" button is mostly to eliminate the "+1", as it is the same thing without taking up space. It does a pretty good job of that. I think you hit the nail no the head about bipartisanship, though. At times there are factions that exist on team boards, but it's much less than like that of a politics board.

That's fine; just putting in a counter point to warn of where something like that could lead. Either way, Cliff Levingston doesn't care much and would trust whatever the RealGM folks want to do.