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Part of the point of adding a 'thanks' or 'likes' button to a forum are to support the post you are thanking or liking. Be it THE answer to solve the OPs problem, or a push in the right direction if it isn't an absolute answer available at the time. This can be a good thing in forums if it used properly. Here at TPU (and many other large forums), the likes tend to get lost in, well, a pool of likes. While some of this is because of TPUs sheer size and forum activity, a lot of it is also simply because they will thank anything positive because they CAN thank anything that is positive and don't have a limit. This, in turn, tends to dilute the 'weight' of the likes on a given post and what likes 'mean' in a forum in general. I am part of this problem as well here. At my home forum, where there is a limit, this forces me to think for a split second on if the post is really good enough to receive one of the thanks allotted. Here, I just click it. Nearly meaningless if they don't cost anything. In the end, limiting the number of likes should bring a bit more merit to 'likes' in general.
Now, is this huge? Hardly. In the end, it likely won't change much at all to most of us. However, to a new user, it means who may have the best answer and prevents people 'thanking' and 'liking' posts for giggles. It tends to lose its meaning and is simply a button on the forum. It really is something I have seen across many forums, both the diluting of likes/thanks, as well as implementing a limit.
My proposition is to simply put a limit on the number of likes able to give out in a 24 hour period. Perhaps between 15-20 should be plenty for a single day?
This idea started in the 'forum upgrade complete' thread and the point of starting a separate one is to get a fresh start, new, and less toxic (read: people focusing on why I think this way instead of dealing with the actual proposition/concern) opinions. Once that happens, the staff can then determine if it is worth the effort to implement. Initially, I believed this was a simply toggle in XF, but it looks like W1z's skills may be brought in to write something up for it. So there is that as well.
All non-toxic opinions and suggestions are welcome.
Now, is this huge? Hardly. In the end, it likely won't change much at all to most of us. However, to a new user, it means who may have the best answer and prevents people 'thanking' and 'liking' posts for giggles. It tends to lose its meaning and is simply a button on the forum. It really is something I have seen across many forums, both the diluting of likes/thanks, as well as implementing a limit.
My proposition is to simply put a limit on the number of likes able to give out in a 24 hour period. Perhaps between 15-20 should be plenty for a single day?
This idea started in the 'forum upgrade complete' thread and the point of starting a separate one is to get a fresh start, new, and less toxic (read: people focusing on why I think this way instead of dealing with the actual proposition/concern) opinions. Once that happens, the staff can then determine if it is worth the effort to implement. Initially, I believed this was a simply toggle in XF, but it looks like W1z's skills may be brought in to write something up for it. So there is that as well.
All non-toxic opinions and suggestions are welcome.
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