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jaymz

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Topic # 95762 12-Jan-2012 13:12
Would it be possible to implement a function to vote up (or like for the lack of a better term) people's posts? There are times where i want to show support for peoples posts, but don't want to flood the thread with an un-necessary post.

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Reply # 567887 12-Jan-2012 13:14
jaymz: Would it be possible to implement a function to vote up (or like for the lack of a better term) people's posts? There are times where i want to show support for peoples posts, but don't want to flood the thread with an un-necessary post. +1

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Reply # 567888 12-Jan-2012 13:15
jaymz: Would it be possible to implement a function to vote up (or like for the lack of a better term) people's posts? There are times where i want to show support for peoples posts, but don't want to flood the thread with an un-necessary post. +2

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Reply # 567889 12-Jan-2012 13:16
+1 Mauricio Freitas (Geekzone Admin, Devil's Advocate, my blog, technology disclosure, my tweets, Web Performance Optimization) Geekzone Price comparison \| Amazon Kindle order page \| How to get the best out of Geekzone \| New Zealand IT Jobs \| Geekzone News \| Jinglebugs

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Reply # 567891 12-Jan-2012 13:19
+1

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Reply # 567897 12-Jan-2012 13:25
I don't like that idea. I think that +1 posts while a bit of a waste of space show the progression of a thread. I guess you could mark one of the posts as "most favoured reply" in a different colour...

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Reply # 567901 12-Jan-2012 13:33
Smart-asses networkn: I don't like that idea. I think that +1 posts while a bit of a waste of space show the progression of a thread. I guess you could mark one of the posts as "most favoured reply" in a different colour... I have used other forums and found the "likes" quite a nice quick way to show support to fellow forum member's posts. Having different coloured forum posts would be too "busy" and confusing. You could end up with a thread full of various colours that at a glance would mean nothing.

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Reply # 567902 12-Jan-2012 13:33
keewee01: +1 +1 Artificial intelligence is no match, for natural stupidity!

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Reply # 567984 12-Jan-2012 15:26
+ 1

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Reply # 567988 12-Jan-2012 15:28
What about a "thanks" button or something like that.. Then you have a "thanks" count on your profile thing And then you can have "thanks" badges The benefits are endless!

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Reply # 567994 12-Jan-2012 15:38
networkn: I don't like that idea. I think that +1 posts while a bit of a waste of space show the progression of a thread. I like the idea. But it's true, they do have some weird effect that a simple number would not have..

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Reply # 567999 12-Jan-2012 15:52
How about a 'reputation' score?

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Reply # 568003 12-Jan-2012 16:04
heavenlywild: How about a 'reputation' score? That is something different isn't it? how would that work then?

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Reply # 568009 12-Jan-2012 16:12
None of these ideas are new. I have talked about this with RedJungle for a while. The one I like most is the reputation score, based on number of contributions that are recognised by the community with use of "+1" buttons. Mauricio Freitas (Geekzone Admin, Devil's Advocate, my blog, technology disclosure, my tweets, Web Performance Optimization) Geekzone Price comparison \| Amazon Kindle order page \| How to get the best out of Geekzone \| New Zealand IT Jobs \| Geekzone News \| Jinglebugs

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Reply # 568030 12-Jan-2012 17:01
Maybe also set it so you could view a threshold, ie in a thread, only view all replies with at least 3 +1s. Custom software development \| Mt Eden Cafe \| Gardening Blog \| Gardening.co.nz

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Reply # 568053 12-Jan-2012 17:45
nate: Maybe also set it so you could view a threshold, ie in a thread, only view all replies with at least 3 +1s. Just don't make that the default or nobody would see anything :) I'd like to see a system where we can +1 things but the comments still stay in chronological order

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