Maybe a different rule would allow for people to post their jokes without disrupting the thread, and you could just say "no more than 3 gif responses overall per page" or something. Then you don't have to worry about who felt it was contributing, who felt it was just smarmy, etc. 3 max, and after that it's disruptive and will be stopped regardless.

I can dig it. There are certainly times when a good gif can be hilarious if posted on it's own at the right moment, I just think some sort of balance and consistency should be established and enforced, and your idea would do that just fine in most cases. Although I still think the "quote a funny post and put the laughing smiley" is ridiculously dumb, and such posts are pretty common. That's what a "like" system would prevent, which is what I was initially bringing up before Goofle tried to suggest disregarding the rules is the right thing to do (lol). I'm not sure though how easy or difficult likes would be to implement.

God you're ****ing annoying. :drummer::band::soapbox::drummer::drummer::drummer ::drummer::drummer::drummer::drummer:

I'm against a reputation system. I don't think we need to encourage hierarchy here anymore than we already do.

No no no Batlord, I support a system that has likes but not dislikes. It promotes positivity :) <3 xoxo

I agree with your "like" idea, to me is the same as a "thanks" Button, for me it's about appreciation not reputation.

regarding the spam issue, i prefer to not judge members for their spam posts but for their collective posts that illustrate their kind of personality.

DJ is not a spammer and neither is Paul, ive seen them having serious convos here but also make a couple of spam posts as a joke, and i don't think there is nothing wrong with that, i do it too, it helps tone down the competitive hipster vibe this place has.

I was once a super-mod on a vBulletin forum, and we used the "thank" button as an option next to where the "quote" button is on each post. It is a built in feature of the vBulletin software that this community chose not to use, as is an "unthank" (or something like that). When I first came on board here I suggested it be turned on, and was politely declined, and that was good enough for me.

Here's how the likes work and what it looks like on another forum I frequent in case someone's not sure what I'm talking about, it's a really great feature imo:

http://i.imgur.com/l0904xP.png

Perhaps if the number of likes one receives are visible only to he or she who receives them, but publicizing any form of popularity is, in my eyes, a recipe for disaster in a community.

Anyways, we'll never be able to implement such a thing, as the admins have absolutely no incentive to provide anything for this website, so I'm not even sure why it's up for discussion.