Topic: Up-Votes
Sometimes, there comes a time when you like a post a lot, but you just don't know how to reply to it. You really want to show appreciation to the author of the post, but are at a loss for words. That's where my idea for up-votes come into it. Users could up-vote, or like, a post, providing positive feedback without having to reply (if they don't want to). A tally of up-votes could be kept on each post, so that people flicking through a thread can see the most reliable posts, based on up-votes, choosing what to delve further into.
One thing I do find useful, from Facebook of all places, is the lack of an dislike button. I think if an up-vote button is made, there should not be a down-vote button. This is a positive forum, and we don't want to let users feel down. If you don't like something, then give constructive feedback, or don't say anything. Move along, move along.
That took me to my next thought. What if you could give a post a brick if you are interested in what it says (positive, or negative, no one needs to know why you were interested in 'bricking' it). Then each post has a brick tally. The brick would be of the same design as the films rating system, except instead of 5 rating bricks, there would be one brick, where you can click it to turn it blue and give the post a brick, or un click it to turn it grey again, un-voting your 'up'-vote.
I've never done that before. Bricking a comment. Might catch on...
Edit
Just noticed similar things have indeed happened in the past.
Looks like they didn't work because they were rating systems, and a means to make this a popularity contest. This isn't what I see with my idea. Because you can't down-vote something, it's more a tool for users to highlight a useful comment, so that others can read the most useful comments, and skip the hundreds of posts after it, thanking the OP.
Last edited by Kieren Barnett (November 14, 2013 (03:31am))
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