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AH full of people trying to be funny and failing
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Very true... see here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056583713 (Post #15)
or here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056584653 (Post #6)
Finally, someone who wants to play along with the idea of this thread
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Fighting Irish wrote: »I usually "thank" stuff that's funny enough though the "thank" system is ghey, well a thank system like reddit is great but thats never gonna happen here
I'm still not too sure about the reddit system tbh.
It makes sense for reddit as they have the whole frontpage thing goin' on. Worthwile stuff will get to the front page so its kinda like a quality control measure. So if someone thinks a topic/pic/whatever isn't frontpage worthy they can downvote it so it will get less exposure. But you can see a problem with that already. Sometimes people downvote stuff for personal and petty reasons, and aren't as objective as they'd like to think they are.
Imagine we had that on boards. Boards is a relatively smaller community to reddit. Regulars know each other quite well... and some regulars don't really like others for reasons A, B, or C. Lets say, for example, someone posts something in AH (be it a topic or comment or whatever). Someone downvotes it for a completely unrelated reason maybe because they disagreed on another forum about some unrelated topic, and of course they kinda took it personally. If you only have the ability to upvote (thank) a post, then you can't downvote it for some stupid petty personal or unrelated reason. If you don't like something you can simply not thank it and move on.
Reddit could still use the boards system for quality control anyway and it would still work out fine. Boards uses it for post of the day and it still works out fine.
Both have their problems, but I think I'd go with the thank system if I HAD to choose simply for the above reasons.
Besides, the thank system lessens all the "this" and "+1" bullshit
. At least if someone dislikes something and wants others to know, pressure gets put on them to give reasons why.
Why do you prefer the reddit system anyway? :pac:0 -
Fighting Irish wrote: »I'm all for fun and games, but it's just so cringe
It's cringe to you and funny to others, what difference does it make who laughs or who thanks other posters.0 -
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Fighting Irish wrote: »The "thanks" button has ruined AH but lets see who can find the unfunniest reply ever
Here's an example:
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Chape laughs are what made this country great.
Laughs on credit ruined it
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I'm still not too sure about the reddit system tbh.
It makes sense for reddit as they have the whole frontpage thing goin' on. Worthwile stuff will get to the front page so its kinda like a quality control measure. So if someone thinks a topic/pic/whatever isn't frontpage worthy they can downvote it so it will get less exposure. But you can see a problem with that already. Sometimes people downvote stuff for personal and petty reasons, and aren't as objective as they'd like to think they are.
Imagine we had that on boards. Boards is a relatively smaller community to reddit. Regulars know each other quite well... and some regulars don't really like others for reasons A, B, or C. Lets say, for example, someone posts something in AH (be it a topic or comment or whatever). Someone downvotes it for a completely unrelated reason maybe because they disagreed on another forum about some unrelated topic, and of course they kinda took it personally. If you only have the ability to upvote (thank) a post, then you can't downvote it for some stupid petty personal or unrelated reason. If you don't like something you can simply not thank it and move on.
Reddit could still use the boards system for quality control anyway and it would still work out fine. Boards uses it for post of the day and it still works out fine.
Both have their problems, but I think I'd go with the thank system if I HAD to choose simply for the above reasons.
Besides, the thank system lessens all the "this" and "+1" bullshit. At least if someone dislikes something and wants others to know, pressure gets put on them to give reasons why.
Why do you prefer the reddit system anyway? :pac:
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I'm still not too sure about the reddit system tbh.
It makes sense for reddit as they have the whole frontpage thing goin' on. Worthwile stuff will get to the front page so its kinda like a quality control measure. So if someone thinks a topic/pic/whatever isn't frontpage worthy they can downvote it so it will get less exposure. But you can see a problem with that already. Sometimes people downvote stuff for personal and petty reasons, and aren't as objective as they'd like to think they are.
Imagine we had that on boards. Boards is a relatively smaller community to reddit. Regulars know each other quite well... and some regulars don't really like others for reasons A, B, or C. Lets say, for example, someone posts something in AH (be it a topic or comment or whatever). Someone downvotes it for a completely unrelated reason maybe because they disagreed on another forum about some unrelated topic, and of course they kinda took it personally. If you only have the ability to upvote (thank) a post, then you can't downvote it for some stupid petty personal or unrelated reason. If you don't like something you can simply not thank it and move on.
Reddit could still use the boards system for quality control anyway and it would still work out fine. Boards uses it for post of the day and it still works out fine.
Both have their problems, but I think I'd go with the thank system if I HAD to choose simply for the above reasons.
Besides, the thank system lessens all the "this" and "+1" bullshit. At least if someone dislikes something and wants others to know, pressure gets put on them to give reasons why.
Why do you prefer the reddit system anyway? :pac:
reddit is the new forum type of the future, mark my words!0 -
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Chuck Stone wrote: »I hated the thanks thing when I joined first but now I can whore myself with the best of them in AH (except Sindri).What's that supposed to mean?I thought you likey me?
What's the craic with Sindri getting such a rough time?
I think his posts are pretty good. 0 -
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wilkie2006 wrote: »What's the craic with Sindri getting such a rough time? I think his posts are pretty good.
btw, i only used singri as an example, nothing personal0 -
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The King of Moo wrote: »I think negative threads where people complain about how bad AH has got without offering any constructive criticism or attempting to make AH better do much more damage to the forum.
Have i not said it already? have a "no thanks" button, this might stop the wannabe funny people in their tracks and make boards not just AH a better quality forum 0 -
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MickySticks wrote: »And yet 10 years and 5,500+ posts later you're still here whinging.
I've said it before, i'm irish and this is the biggest irish forum, i come here for irishy stuff, for internety stuff, i go elsewhere 0 -
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Fighting Irish wrote: »Have i not said it already? have a "no thanks" button, this might stop the wannabe funny people in their tracks and make boards not just AH a better quality forum
It really wouldn't. You'd just end up with people who dislike a poster "no thanking" every post they make and it would result in pointless spats breaking out in threads.
I mean, i reckon you'd feel pretty bad if you looked over this thread and noticed that i had effectively given the thumbs down to every post you made, which is pretty much what would have happened.0 -
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Fighting Irish wrote: »Have i not said it already? have a "no thanks" button, this might stop the wannabe funny people in their tracks and make boards not just AH a better quality forum
I would like to see this happen for a week just to see if it makes a difference. I would also like to see the thanks button disabled for a week to see what happens.
Is the thank button that important?0 -
Fighting Irish wrote: »Troll away Singri, but try make it funny for once :pac:
Okay. Lets be serious for a second. So what you're advocating is the many many posters posting subjectively should A) either stop or
post for your amusement only. Or (and I'm coming from left field here, bare with me) C) you can either deal with it without being a little bitch or you can post somewhere else because either AHs will change or you will change or you'll have to put up with it which appears to be a task beyond you.
Feedback>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FTW! :pac:0 -
Fighting Irish wrote: »Have i not said it already? have a "no thanks" button, this might stop the wannabe funny people in their tracks and make boards not just AH a better quality forum
But I don't think that would work. It would make things too cliquey, with people "no thanking" people they've got a grudge against.
I think it would also be intimidating for people who have an opinion that might be controversial, or something funny, which they worry could lead to them getting lots of "no thanks," so they don't bother posting it.
Personally I don't care about people trying to be funny and failing: I don't mind it in real life, so why should I care about it on the internet?0 -
Fighting Irish wrote: »Have i not said it already? have a "no thanks" button, this might stop the wannabe funny people in their tracks and make boards not just AH a better quality forum
I would like to see this happen for a week just to see if it makes a difference. I would also like to see the thanks button disabled for a week to see what happens.
Is the thank button that important?
We had a rep system and caused issues. That's why we have a thanks system now0 -
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