Reputation

Paedantic Basterd · 04-30-2014, 02:24 PM

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.

YorkeDaddy · 04-30-2014, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

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.

FRED HALE SR. · 04-30-2014, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

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. I'm not sure though how easy or difficult likes would be to implement.

God you're ****ing annoying.

:drummer :

Paedantic Basterd · 04-30-2014, 02:41 PM

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

The Batlord · 04-30-2014, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

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.

YorkeDaddy · 04-30-2014, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

No no no Batlord, I support a system that has likes but not dislikes. It promotes positivity

<3 xoxo

Black Francis · 04-30-2014, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

Reputation is stupid but being able to simply "like" a post is a good feature. There are no negatives and it's a good way to let someone know you enjoyed their post without making a pointless post of your own simply saying you liked it. There are so many stupid posts on MusicBanter of people just putting the laughing smiley (

) and nothing else, it's just spam and a like system would get rid of it.

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.

Paul Smeenus · 04-30-2014, 03:00 PM

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.

YorkeDaddy · 04-30-2014, 03:03 PM

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:

Paedantic Basterd · 04-30-2014, 03:06 PM

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.

04-30-2014, 02:24 PM	#41 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	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.

04-30-2014, 02:41 PM	#44 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	I'm against a reputation system. I don't think we need to encourage hierarchy here anymore than we already do.

04-30-2014, 03:06 PM	#50 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	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.