I like it.

EDIT: I would thumbs up your post right now if I could...

By that you mean if you dislike it it will go back to normal right?

Well to be honest I do not think it is needed. They have tried it in the past and it just doesn't work as intended in my opinion moderators should be able to give you something like a award for writhing a good post. Like a trophy sort of thing at the end of the post symbolizing a job well done.

Personally, I think it's a fantastic idea!

Last edited by Squash (June 21, 2012 (05:32pm))

I agree. Thumbs upping helpful posts would not give a rep, but would indicate the members who are more helpful.

Likes Mason's Idea

Was the formal version the one with the reputation meter, or was there a previous attempt I didn't catch up on?

Anyways, this was just a small idea. I'm not entirely sure if suggestions for a rating system were still being allowed in, or even if the thought of a system was even still standing.

Oh lord. Looks like BiM is turning into the brickfilming Facebook.
Plus, with me being a n00b when the rep meter was around, I had the lowest rep on the site. -70 something.
I actually like this rating system though.

Of course, if there's a need to stay relevant with current trends (like 50-something-year-old news anchors bumping their twitter accounts), then social media is the way to go, such as the Like system.

But isn't a discussion board social by itself?  Should it evolve to something more?

I think that we simply need to set some norms. This system was in effect when NXT's Viva la Vida video was released, and he got like fifty likes on each post of his after that. I also know it to be true that Trodoon, even though he did make some mistakes, was getting constant dislikes because some people found him annoying. A friend of mine also joined this website around that time and got some dislikes because he was lazy with grammer. Should you get likes for a helpful criticism or solution, or for a question that you were wondering about too? Should the topic for a really great video get a whole lot of likes? I feel that the big reason why your rating system didn't work out was because you didn't set guidelines early on.

I Think that this is a good improvement from the last system we experimented with. The two flaws I found with the old system was the existence of a downvote and the fact that anyone could use the system. As Smeagol has pointed out, not all of the users are mature enough to use a system like this. That's why I think that if another upvote/downvote system gets implemented, we should have an age/maturity/experience restriction on the system.