REPUTATION OR LIKE SYSTEM

[sex]

No I said give old man tom an award or something saying he got x amount of rep before it was replaced with a like system since all he cares about is his high number
That's not leaving the rep system

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[FlyingJesus]

Still waiting to hear an actual benefit of the like system

[Samantha]

Still waiting to hear an actual benefit of the like system

It will shut people up?

Seriously though, I think at the moment it could be best left as rep, but who knows what could happen in the future? I think the majority can't really find many benefits for switching.

[sex]

Well for one it puts everyone regardless of their join date or post count at a level playing field. It also stops people like you (because you have admitted it in the past) -repping people you don't like / say something bad who are new. Either you like a post or you just ignore it... Where as with rep you can put someone into the red which makes them seem like they are some sort of "bad person" or whatever you wanna call it when they simply might be just new and made one bad post lol...


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---------- Post added 26-10-2013 at 09:20 PM ----------

There is literally as many benefits for rep if not less for likes..


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[FlyingJesus]

That is something that I did back in like 2007 and it was only ever people I didn't like - this idea that people target new members for no reason is totally unfounded as it never actually happened. I am in fact far more likely to +rep newer people who make good contributions than I am the very few people I know and like, so as I've said before this unlevel playing field actually makes it far easier for new members to progress through the ranks. Also the fact that the people who are wanting a like system can't seem to even agree on what that system would be doesn't really give it much weight

[scottish]

So you want a system where you can get positives for good post, but nothing for absolute crap posts?

You're all over the place with suggestions.. half of you for the change want dislikes shown, now you're saying you don't even want the ability to dislike..

Just give up, there's no reason to change.

You may now completely forgot about the idea and close the thread @Chris; (if ur even manager anymore)

[Mikey]

Keep it the same as it has been for ages, why change it?

[sex]

So you want a system where you can get positives for good post, but nothing for absolute crap posts?

You're all over the place with suggestions.. half of you for the change want dislikes shown, now you're saying you don't even want the ability to dislike..

Just give up, there's no reason to change.

You may now completely forgot about the idea and close the thread @Chris; (if ur even manager anymore)

What's the point in dislikes or -reps when people don't even use them correctly? I know you don't and you -rep people who Jen asks you to because she doesn't wanna do it herself...e.g flyingjesus....

I don't see the point in having a dislike system when it's just used 90% of the time to bully people. If you're gonna just have +reps then you may as well have a like system..

I don't even see why you care you barely post

[Mr-Trainor]

This thread seems to be going round in circles.

It's more prominently displayed, faster to use and typically isn't rate limited. It is currently employed on facepunch and virtually every post gets rated in some manner.

okay, you need to cut this 'reward' system crap. rep is not a reward, i don't think twice about getting rep

if we had a like system, i'd read a post and i'd more than often press like if i liked it. with rep, i sometimes forget it's even there and so i hardly ever rep anyone. with the like system a lot more people would be getting likes on their posts, making them 'feel better' and imo people would start to post more because they like getting their egos massaged.

Agreed with these two posts ^ so no point me repeating the same thing .

Rep is 2 clicks and you don't need a comment - just tried that out on you So are we saying a like system would be more popular because you save 1 click?

In that case, can we not change the 'Give rep' button into a '+rep', '-rep' button

And because
1 - it's not limited
2 - the power of clicking the button isn't so high so you essentially don't have to think about it as much.
3 - and actually, saving a click is a big deal - the current rep buttons are 'hidden' away. See my first quote above.

Howwwwwwww this has still not been explained it's just repetitions of "it's great honest" with just a bunch of conjecture about how people might possibly use it more, which doesn't outweigh how pointless it is

Still waiting to hear an actual benefit of the like system

What I'd like to hear is benefits of keeping the rep system in its current state.
You keep asking for benefits of a like system but I've already answered you, but you disagreed with them and keep asking for more. The answer isn't going to change .

[Kardan]

It will shut people up?

Seriously though, I think at the moment it could be best left as rep, but who knows what could happen in the future? I think the majority can't really find many benefits for switching.

In that case if I start a petition for free VIP for all members, shall we carry on and keep moaning until we get it implemented because it will shut everyone up

To be fair, that's a really crap reason.

"Let's change something because 35% of the forum want something else, despite the 65% that want the same system"

---------- Post added 27-10-2013 at 12:19 PM ----------

And so this thread has essentially established that the only benefit of a like system, over a rep system is saving one click.

In that case can I get the main banner at the top of the page changed to link to new posts rather than the forum home page. I can't be arsed to scroll down 50 pixels.

---------- Post added 27-10-2013 at 12:21 PM ----------

Well for one it puts everyone regardless of their join date or post count at a level playing field. It also stops people like you (because you have admitted it in the past) -repping people you don't like / say something bad who are new. Either you like a post or you just ignore it... Where as with rep you can put someone into the red which makes them seem like they are some sort of "bad person" or whatever you wanna call it when they simply might be just new and made one bad post lol...


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---------- Post added 26-10-2013 at 09:20 PM ----------

There is literally as many benefits for rep if not less for likes..


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But hang on, if we introduce the like system, then after a month, how are new members going to get to the same level of likes as a current member? Does that mean we'll have to keep resetting the like system - since we clearly want a level playing field here.