We have been playing around with up/down vote functionality for the past couple of weeks and just activated it in the Lounge prior to this thread.
1. Everyone can vote a post up or down. The vote totals themselves show up on the bottom right of the post. You can't vote on your own posts (the up/down vote is hidden), but you will see the totals once it's voted on.
2. If a post meets some criteria for being "good," the post will be given a yellow border (so that others are drawn to the "good posts" in a big thread).
3. Similarly, if a post meets some criteria for a "bad post," it will be shaded. If a post meets criteria for a "terrible post," it will be shown collapsed with a red bar. The red bar of a collapsed post shows the user's name, and you can click a button at the right to show the post.
4. This functionality doesn't mess with the order of posts.
I'm using "some criteria" only because we're sure it'll change. The border, shading, and collapsed posts are based on the difference between up and down votes, not a total number of one or the other. We'll be making adjustments based on usage, especially with collapsed posts.
We have questions about whether it'll work here vs a place like reddit. A few of us like the idea while others have brought up legitimate concerns. In the end, we decided to roll it out, at least temporarily.
This is a trial run.
We'll give it a week or two depending on how things go, then we'll put it to a vote as long as it's not an obviously terrible idea. The goal is make threads a little easier to scroll through -- easier to find the best contributions and easier to scroll past the trolling and derailments. We aren't out to completely hide posts and will adjust as needed to keep that percentage really low, or based on your feedback. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
So what are initial reactions to this (the rep thing)? I like it OK, but it definitely clutters up your rep. Any strong opinions?
Not a fan.
It’s as bad as the old Message Option that existed on the Profile Page. [Reply]
To clarify, I think the system of just having the ups and downs on the posts is unobtrusive enough that we just leave it. It's not distracting, so those who don't care can just ignore it.
The rep thing, though, is a lot more visible and impossible to ignore (unless you ignore your rep entirely).
I'm generally leaning toward ditching the rep thing, but just curious what others think. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pablo:
It's replacing rep instead of supplementing it. That kinda sucks. Rep messages are fun. And nobody ever thumbs ups enough posts to get them highlighted or vice versa.
I like it just fine but wouldn't be upset if it didn't exist.
I had one user downvote about 22 posts, which knocked all of my legit rep off the first page. [Reply]
It’s as bad as the old Message Option that existed on the Profile Page.
:-) Not a fan huh? Then why did you do a search for all of my recent posts just to downvote them in some sort of petulant child retaliation?
All of the posts I downvoted from you were in the Royals thread and they were all dumb as fuck. Everyone of them had already been downvoted at least 5 times by other posters. [Reply]
Originally Posted by LoneWolf: :-) Not a fan huh? Then why did you do a search for all of my recent posts just to downvote them in some sort of petulant child retaliation?
All of the posts I downvoted from you were in the Royals thread and they were all dumb as fuck. Everyone of them had already been downvoted at least 5 times by other posters.
That’s what makes it so stupid.
Did you really think I wouldn’t hit you back?
Do you know DaneMcCloud?
And you’re all fucking homers that will be bowing to the ring after the Royals lose 100. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
That’s what makes it so stupid.
Did you really think I wouldn’t hit you back?
Do you know DaneMcCloud?
And you’re all fucking homers that will be bowing the ring after the Royals lose 100.
The funny thing is I wouldn’t have even thought about down voting the posts if I hadn’t noticed a bunch of them grayed out. I’m fine with the retaliation because I really give zero fucks about rep, but JFC dude that had to be a lot of work. [Reply]
Originally Posted by LoneWolf:
The funny thing is I wouldn’t have even thought about down voting the posts if I hadn’t noticed a bunch of them grayed out. I’m fine with the retaliation because I really give zero fucks about rep, but JFC dude that had to be a lot of work.
Yeah, it took less time than squeezing one out [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
You kids and your little spats. :-)
No spat here. I legitimately thought his posts in the Royals thread were dumb and obviously so did a few other posters. He retaliated by searching for all my recent posts and down voting them. It’s all good. [Reply]
Rep thing does clutter up your rep page. I'd say get rid of it. One counterpoint however is that more people started using the Thumbs up/down as soon as they noticed it left a "rep". [Reply]
OK, no one has come out strongly in favor of keeping it, so the rep integration is now off. You can still upvote/downvote, and I'll see if there's any way of making the built-in page suck less. [Reply]
Yeah, it can quickly clutter up the rep page... not ideal, at all
Also, while thumbs up/down seems to be catching on, thats no reason to ditch regular rep... the personal messages that come with rep are what makes it cool [Reply]
