Wouldn't a "like" button be great?

[KenBrace]

This is something I've really felt has been missing on the Speed Solving forum.

On most other forums this is automatic.

Sometimes you don't have a response to particular post but you still want to show appreciation and acknowledge that you read it. This is where a "like" button comes in super handy.

Would the staff consider adding this feature? I'm pretty sure I've seen other forums use it that are running the same version of vBulletin.

 

[TDM]

Something like reputation?

This has been brought up before, but never been enabled by the admins. I can't remember the reasons why though, but I'm sure you'd be able to find some threads/posts if you searched for them.

 

[shadowslice e]

Something like reputation?

This has been brought up before, but never been enabled by the admins. I can't remember the reasons why though, but I'm sure you'd be able to find some threads/posts if you searched for them.

Personally, I don't think that the reputation is a particularly useful feature. It doesn't really add much as those with a good rep will likely already be known as it is a relatively small community (even smaller when you consider how many people actually post regularly or semi regularly)

However, what the OP is suggesting is more similar to the YouTube comments system which may also be a fairly meh idea as though it may have some positives, if a person is reading a thread then they will likely have to read most of it to make any sense of it.

There wouldn't be much use for "liking" replies in help threads as there are only a handful who ever reply on a given question and they are usually pretty knowledgeable on that topic (and if they some stuff a bit wrong they will likely be picked up even more quickly than the original response was posted- come on, you know it's true )

I guess it's like the thread rating system. It's there but no one ever really uses it cause it doesn't help much or add anything really.

TL;DR, things like rep and likes can be enabled but don't expect many people to really use it or for it to contribute much.


(this is clearly all in my opinion)

 

[pjk]

This is something I've really felt has been missing on the Speed Solving forum.

On most other forums this is automatic.

Sometimes you don't have a response to particular post but you still want to show appreciation and acknowledge that you read it. This is where a "like" button comes in super handy.

Would the staff consider adding this feature? I'm pretty sure I've seen other forums use it that are running the same version of vBulletin.

Yes, this will be enabled likely early March when we plan to do a big forum upgrade. It would have been done in the past but implementing it on our current software isn't smooth or easy.