Thanks system

[iDenning]

Its probably been submitted before but I personally prefer a Thanks system as not many people use the rep system. Its much quicker as all you have to do is press 'Thanks'.

Maybe you could do it so that everytime you get Thanked you get rep points or something? I just think it would encourage people to actually thank people for helpful posts.

[IceNineKills]

easy to abuse though.

[Hecktix]

I know Jamesy is a fan on this, but I personally would prefer encouraging use of the reputation system :)

[Dan2nd]

I don't understand the difference though.. would rep power still be part of how much 'thanks' you can give someone?

[Jamesy]

easy to abuse though.

Easy to administrate too :8.

Yes I am a fan of this. I prefer public signs of appreciation, and not everyone feels like posting to say 'thanks'.

The issue that I feel is troubling to a lot of people is the space it takes up, which can be sorted by template editing.


I don't understand the difference though.. would rep power still be part of how much 'thanks' you can give someone?

Thanks are seperate, although if I can recall right it does give rep at the same time.

Edit: image of options page:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3663961/post-thanks.png

[Rixion]

i like this idea, needs more ways of encouraging people to reward a "thankyou" for a helpful post.

[iAdam]

Easy to administrate too :8.

Yes I am a fan of this. I prefer public signs of appreciation, and not everyone feels like posting to say 'thanks'.

The issue that I feel is troubling to a lot of people is the space it takes up, which can be sorted by template editing.



Thanks are seperate, although if I can recall right it does give rep at the same time.

Edit: image of options page:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3663961/post-thanks.png


This man speaks the truth, I much prefer the thanks system to rep as it's just alot easier. It'd be great to see this on the forum, obviously there'd have to be new rules in place to stop abuse but other than that, would be a good addition.

[Hecktix]

I would support this if it was installed alongside reputation :)

[hah]

i dont like it, id rather rep :P
and people bought rep and it would also take away a vip feature

edit; dont see why a post saying thanks aint public enough? and they only started to give rep as prizes :P

[Jamesy]

It could be used with the rep system.

[Jahova]

I'll just post thank you and comment.

[9y]

I like it, it sounds like a good idea!

[Seatherny]

Looks ugly if a post gets lots of thanks, is annoying, WILL get abused - guranteed.
And if you keep thanking someone, their rep will keep going up, and the idea of spreading becomes useless.
Its NEVER good for community type forums.

DO NOT INSTALL.

[Alkaz]

The rep system is there for a reason, use it.

[Seatherny]

The rep system is there for a reason, use it.

Indeed. There is no need to fix something which doesn't need fixing or improving. Simple as.

[The Professor]

Agreed with saurav, i've been on forums where this is used and you can get a box below the post that's bigger than the post and it looks horrible. Also if a thread has lots of posts that get "thanks" it will put lots of extra boxes on the page and make it stupidly long, not good for devices with small resolutions (netbooks) without scroll wheels (netbooks again). And how would it be implemented on the mobile skin? You get the same problem but its made a lot bigger because those screens have even less resolution and scrolling takes an ice age!

[Seatherny]

I installed it on my forum and removed it a while later as you ended up with people thanking every post. Then you had a box under every post which was thanked.

I can see the spam forum being spammed with thanks.

Tbh, there is no point in even debating it. I doubt it will get installed. Its been suggested several times and the answer has always been no.

[Immenseman]

I'd prefer not too see it. I can and do use the reputation system to say thanks. Also, I'm more and so is everyone else I should add of posting thanks should they desire.

[Ardemax]

just cos u has no rep ;l

jokes

well no, i still disagree that the rep system is fine and shows if they're thankful or not

[-:Undertaker:-]

Why does this forum seem to have an obsession with so-called 'pointless' reputation - let people rep who they want.

[Alkaz]

To be honest, I could thank everyone who posts in a thread, thanking them for their contribution but I wouldnt necessarily rep everyone, only the people who make good contributions so I dont really think its needed and reps been changed to encourage people to use it more again.

[Black_Apalachi]

I could probably live with the change, but having it alongside rep is just stupid and pointless in my opinion. The thanks system displays how many 'Thanks' you have received so having that and rep just contradicts all the fuss about making the forum less cluttered and confusing.

If this were implemented, there would need to be NO restrictions on how much it can be used. My personal policy would be to give 'Thanks' every time I find myself saying thanks to somebody in a post. If it could only be done a certain amount of times it wouldn't be any better than the current rep system.

Overall though, I doubt Jin etc will turn away from the traditional rep system and as other people said, it does pretty much the same job anyway.

[Sammeth.]

Having it alongside the rep system would be pointless really, it would have to be one or the other. I think the reputation system is fine enough, you can always make a post explaining you gave plus rep and why like most people do if you want it to be public - "I agree with that post, nicely put +rep". I see things like that posted quite often, and its fine. I would rather have the rep system than the thanks system myself. It looks ugly, messy and overall silly.

[Jordy]

To be honest, I could thank everyone who posts in a thread, thanking them for their contribution but I wouldnt necessarily rep everyone, only the people who make good contributions so I dont really think its needed and reps been changed to encourage people to use it more again.You can limit it to a certain number of 'Thanks' a day though. I think putting it at 10 like the reputation system would stop abuse.

I personally would prefer this system, and it wouldn't look a mess if someone nicely integrated it into the skins. As for the Mobile Skin, it currently doesn't feature the reputation system so there's no need for it to feature the Thanks system either.

I don't see it happening however but anyways, what I like most is how it's not anonymous and how it would remove the pointless minus reputation system.

[Black_Apalachi]

You can limit it to a certain number of 'Thanks' a day though. I think putting it at 10 like the reputation system would stop abuse. ...

But if you restrict it, it's no better than the current system and it would be unreliable because there would be plenty of posts that deserve thanks but wouldn't get it.

[Blinger1]

I don't like it, i view forums all the time and sometimes it gets to 50-60 people saying thanks and it just looks horrible

[e5]

Yeah cos then people could actually thank useful posts quicker instead of repping them which takes longer, and people can also see, without posting that their post is appreciated:D
I would love this!

[Blob]

What about just a quick shortcut button that you can click that adds rep to the users post with "Thanks - [username]" with the message they send being customizable, saves people from writing it out.

[iDenning]

What about just a quick shortcut button that you can click that adds rep to the users post with "Thanks - [username]" with the message they send being customizable, saves people from writing it out.
Yeah.

The thank system stops people from spamming by saying just 'Thanks, it helped.'

[Immenseman]

I don't see why there should be any changes when current management have made the changes they want to revive the current reputation system, which is working. I have given and received more rep since the changes.

[StefanWolves]

I submitted this idea a few months back, I wanted it to work alongside the rep system though, I only wanted the 'Thanks System' to work in certain forums - like Technology discussion, ect.

I feel it would be a benefit to the forum if it were implemented.

[Black_Apalachi]

By the way, it won't stop any such spamming (if you want to call it that). People will still post the words 'Thank you' to get a post count. I'm pretty sure a system like this is a slightly too mature for a forum like Habbox (or any Habbo fansite). I don't mean that in a bad way, it's just I see it used on subject-specific forums which are mainly used by middle-aged adults as opposed to a place like this which is mainly teenagers or even children.

[Jamesy]

By the way, it won't stop any such spamming (if you want to call it that). People will still post the words 'Thank you' to get a post count. I'm pretty sure a system like this is a slightly too mature for a forum like Habbox (or any Habbo fansite). I don't mean that in a bad way, it's just I see it used on subject-specific forums which are mainly used by middle-aged adults as opposed to a place like this which is mainly teenagers or even children.

In quite a considerable u-turn, having been thinking about it overnight (yes - I really do sometimes) I think you're right.

The forum I have installed it on is relatively speaking quite small with an older demographic as the userbase.

So yeah, although I am a fan I think in this instance it is not suitable for us.

[StefanWolves]

If you have it forum specific, e.g. the Technology forum, where most people are mature then I think it could work, I don't think It'd work if it was implemented on the whole forum though.

[Immenseman]

With regards to your post Stefan, I don't use the tech forums but when I have browsed I often see stupid little arguments breaking out. I'm not saying that's a bad thing because that'd be very hypocritical of me :P but I don't think you can say it's a more mature forum because even without using it actively I'm aware that there are numerous geeky arguments :8

[The Professor]

With regards to your post Stefan, I don't use the tech forums but when I have browsed I often see stupid little arguments breaking out. I'm not saying that's a bad thing because that'd be very hypocritical of me :P but I don't think you can say it's a more mature forum because even without using it actively I'm aware that there are numerous geeky arguments :8

Yeah that's mostly right :P I wouldn't say the tech section is more mature than any other it just seems that way from the outside because we talk about things that normal people don't understand :P

[Blob]

Yeah that's mostly right :P I wouldn't say the tech section is more mature than any other it just seems that way from the outside because we talk about things that normal people don't understand :P

Yes, but only letting certain users having it depending on their e-maturity isn't fair on others, and what is stopping un-"e-mature" people from just going to them forums and abusing it.

[Immenseman]

I don't think the main issue is maturity anyway, it's the fact it won't be beneficial to HxF when we have a perfectly functioning reputation system.

[Seatherny]

Like I have said before, I have tested it on a much larger forum than this, another community one, and its not a good idea. Reputation system is the best system for community forums.

[FlyingJesus]

The only time I can see a thanks system being useful (that is, assuming that it's basically rep that's visible to everyone and post-specific rather than user-specific) is on illegal download forums like big musicshare and warez sites, whereby the amount of "thanks" on a post will determine how legitimate the download appears to be. On a community forum, as I think Saurav said, it's totally worthless

[Seatherny]

The only time I can see a thanks system being useful (that is, assuming that it's basically rep that's visible to everyone and post-specific rather than user-specific) is on illegal download forums like big musicshare and warez sites, whereby the amount of "thanks" on a post will determine how legitimate the download appears to be. On a community forum, as I think Saurav said, it's totally worthless

Agreed. Even on warez sites, its good, but if a post gets lots of thanks, it looks ugly and annoying.

[Callum.]

Looks ugly if a post gets lots of thanks, is annoying, WILL get abused - guranteed.
And if you keep thanking someone, their rep will keep going up, and the idea of spreading becomes useless.
Its NEVER good for community type forums.

DO NOT INSTALL.

this, please.

such an ugly hack.