Jessica Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I think it would be cool if we could thumbs up/down a reply to a post. If we think it's a really good idea, we might want to chime in, but a post just to say I agree is a little unnecessary - thumbs up/down could be a cool way to support/reject a suggestion to a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 So it would be like Karma, but per post. I like it. Now we need a way to implement it, though, and I don't know if A) Such a mod exists, and B) If the admins are willing to install and maintain it.[b]Edit:[/b] Condition C is that there's a general interest in the idea, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Like [url=http://digg.com]digg.com[/url]'s comment system. I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenway Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Condition C is definitely a problem -- no one but the mods would really bother, except for annoying posters who would thumbs down everyone they don't like. Not that I think it shouldn't be in place, I'm just wondering what we would gain from such a mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Pro: It has the potential to reduce the amount of "I agree" posts. Con: In reality, it probably [i]won't[/i] reduce the amount of "I agree" posts.Con: It's a variation of the karma system, which has already been determined to be a feature not good enough to impliment. In short, it looks like another feature that looks good on paper, but in reality just wouldn't work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayBachatero Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 jesirose me likes the idea. If I'm correct there is no such mod to do this. I think I'm about to go and make one ;).[me=JayBachatero]loves Digg :P.[/me]I was thinking. Each post has a vote button or just the topic? I was thinking more of just topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I kind of sort of like the way devshed's mod works. On each post there is a little scale and when you click on it, there's a popup, where you can add/take away "rep points" and the amount of rep points you can add/take away is based on your "rep power" - which is based on how many positive rep points you yourself have. In addition to this "karma" system, there's a radio box to choose "I agree/disagree" and a text input to give your reasons why. You get a fair amount of space to type, like around 250 chars or something. When you submit, it adds your comments inside the targe post inside a little quote style box labeled "comments on this post." But again...I still feel this mod is little more than a spruced up karma system. I mean, I suppose since it would be some other site's cup of tea to use it, it would make for a good mod for you to make, Juan. But as far as phpfreaks is concerned...again, people decided the karma system wasn't working out. Maybe a mod like this would be useful though. I will agree that there have been plenty of times that I've read a post that I slightly agreed/disagreed on, and didn't necessarily feel it warranted a new post to express my opinion. However, adding comments to posts in this fashion, doesn't really do a whole lot for the people who have already visited the thread. How many people do you know who actually go back and re-read previous posts in threads? It would certainly be useful for future readers though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayBachatero Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Well I wouldn't use the karma feature. I was thinking more in the lines of "Was this post useful?". Like they have in experts-exchange. That you can mark if the response was useful or not. Only the topic starter would be allowed to mark a reply as useful or as the correct answer to solve the problem. The second mod would be like a digg type thing. I really like the second one though. I might write it one of these days. It's real simple actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbullmarky Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 remind me - is experts-exchange the one that has green text next to one of the replies saying "Accepted answer" or am I thinking of something else? I like that idea. It's a nice quick way for people to dive in and go straight to the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayBachatero Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 [quote author=redbullmarky link=topic=121864.msg508489#msg508489 date=1169200853]remind me - is experts-exchange the one that has green text next to one of the replies saying "Accepted answer" or am I thinking of something else? I like that idea. It's a nice quick way for people to dive in and go straight to the answer.[/quote]Yes that's exactly it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted January 21, 2007 Author Share Posted January 21, 2007 Jay - Ask Metafilter has a similar thing where the poster marks the best answers. That would be a good mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenway Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 [quote author=redbullmarky link=topic=121864.msg508489#msg508489 date=1169200853]remind me - is experts-exchange the one that has green text next to one of the replies saying "Accepted answer" or am I thinking of something else? I like that idea. It's a nice quick way for people to dive in and go straight to the answer.[/quote]That gets my vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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