The vBulletin migration - praise & suggestions

[DoYouKubuntu]

Thanks, GG. You're awesome.

[GreyGeek]

Thanks, GG. You're awesome.

As long as my "wif" keeps telling me that I'm happy!

[claydoh]

2) You're required to enter a minimum number of characters in a reply [and probably a new post, too]. Despite my typical verbosity, I *AM* actually capable of the occasional terse post! If I want to reply "+1"--PERIOD--I should be able to. :-D

This I disagree with, i'd rather have the engagement, even is short.

[GreyGeek]

You lost me, Claydoh.

[claydoh]

You lost me, Claydoh.

i changed my post there

I think the default of 5 characters minimum is a good default

[GreyGeek]

i changed my post there

I think the default of 5 characters minimum is a good default

That would probably work IF we had something like a "+1" button, but we don't Wish we did. Don't know how we could add one, do you?

[claydoh]

How about a "Thank You" button/mod? there are a couple of those.

[wizard10000]

Or a like button.

[DoYouKubuntu]

I think the default of 5 characters minimum is a good default

Why? Sometimes a smiley is all that's needed to make a reply's meaning abundantly clear or, as in my earlier example, a simple +1. Why should I add unnecessary, superfluous characters if my point can be made succinctly? (Not that that's normally an issue...for ME! )

[SteveRiley]

So I'm curious about something. What value does a "+1" or "likes" mechanism provide?

Does the presence of forty-two +1's on a post mean anything? Does the absence of any +1's mean something different? Might their presence or absence subtly alter how you perceive the information you're reading?

Similarly, if Alice writes a post and then on the footer of that post we see "X people like this" or "Bob, Cindy, Dan like this," what additional relevance does that add to Alice's original writing?

[DoYouKubuntu]

So I'm curious about something. What value does a "+1" or "likes" mechanism provide?

You know what's really funny about this? Until last night--and it happened to be your reply in that 'forever newb' thread--I don't think I had *EVER* plus one'd anything here. I was tired, lazy, and what you said was perfect so I thought, WTF?!, just +1 it and be done. (Then I got that stupid message that my reply had too few characters... *sigh*)

Does the presence of forty-two +1's on a post mean anything? Does the absence of any +1's mean something different? Might their presence or absence subtly alter how you perceive the information you're reading?

Similarly, if Alice writes a post and then on the footer of that post we see "X people like this" or "Bob, Cindy, Dan like this," what additional relevance does that add to Alice's original writing?

I don't know about any of that, but I do know that right now we have the ability to rate threads (look up, folks! see that "Rate This Thread" dropdown menu near the top of this page?). On forums I used to frequent that allowed rating threads, that 'feature' was invariably used to basically pump up or put down a member, depending on who liked them and who didn't, regardless of the content of their thread. In other words, if JoeBlow posted something, and JaneDoe just didn't in general like JoeBlow, she'd rate a thread down just because he posted it. Stupid. So, in that regard, I don't like the rating feature and wish it would go away.

[SecretCode]

I've seen a thanks feature work pretty well on technically oriented boards. It seems fine at linuxquestions.org (they label it "Did you find this post helpful?" and they recently took away the "No" option because I suppose it was abused). Then there's a link at the top to "the post members have found most helpful".

[wizard10000]

I've seen a thanks feature work pretty well on technically oriented boards. It seems fine at linuxquestions.org (they label it "Did you find this post helpful?" and they recently took away the "No" option because I suppose it was abused). Then there's a link at the top to "the post members have found most helpful".

I use a thanks plugin on my vB 3.8 board and hacked the thing into a like system just by changing a buncha vB phrases. My users like it pretty well.

[Open Source]

Change of subject, but I think all of the duplicate posts are now cleaned up (with a little query action). Let me know if anyone still runs across a duplicate post. Thanks!

[ardvark71]

Change of subject, but I think all of the duplicate posts are now cleaned up (with a little query action). Let me know if anyone still runs across a duplicate post. Thanks!

Hi OS...

Is this why my post count suddenly decreased by about 60 posts?

Regards...