Hi, i suggest to sc2mapster to add Thank you button on forum. It will be really usefull, when people want to say thank you to someone. This feature is already used on many sites. Why to not add this on sc2mapster?
Funnily enough, I like the idea. The problem with the karma system is that most of the people on the average forum are too stupid to judge fairly on posts. Result is that great posts often get downrated because people simply disagree or don't understand them. Case in point: Allakhazam's WoW forums, where elitism has run kind of rampant. By adding a 'Thank you' button you're basically opening up the possibility of positive enforcement without giving people the ability to put others down. I like that.
But yeah, like Pshyched said; Sc2Mapster is owned by Curse, and they are kind of anal about letting the actual people that run the site edit it's code. It's one of those situations where rules outdo logics and common sense - Sixen (and the rest of the mod team) has the function of 'community manager' within the Curse company, and the rules dictate that a community manager doesn't need access to website coding - they've got the coding division for that. Problem is we get no attention from the coding division because Curse doesn't really care about Sc2Mapster; their opinion, last I heard, is that Sc2 and its mapping scene is dying.
The good thing about getting a "Thank you" is knowing that the user took his time to actually write that for you and post it just for you. A button can even be clicked by accident. It will make the job so easy that will lose its value. It's not the words that are important, but the effort put into it to show you actually mean it.
Do you think girls will like flowers just because you clicked "send flowers?" Or they actually like it because you had the work to go to the store to buy it just for them?
This depends on the situation and degree of 'feeling' in question, though. You give a girl flowers because you really love her and want to show her. You thank someone on Mapster because really, you don't care as much but just want to show a bit of appreciation. A 'thank you' button allows you to do just that without requiring you to make a complete new post for it - something most people will not likely do anyway.
While i agree that a ty button would bring attention to the fact that a particular post helped loads of people, i do side with Rodrigo that the time you put in the post is worth more...
In any case, it's nice to be nice... particularly when you just got some help from a totally unknown person ;)
My dad bought a really nice wedding ring for my mom and she liked that.
I needed one for my gf. I got one at the arcade. Took me 3 weeks. I got slapped. Go figure.
Yeah but I kind of agree with you. I even wrote an entire thread (in my sig) about being polite and saying thank you, but I think that writing it is what makes it actually meaningful.
Plus what Mozared said. Curse doesn't like use. They only send flowers with the "send flowers" button...
Kind of like the idea but...As always, we cannot touch the site code for now. Cure should (hopefully) make some changes soon or get us a coder, but for now, the site code is off-limits. Believe me, if we could touch the code.... *gets lost in trance*
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If it were able to be implemented, I'd be down for a 'thank you' button. It'd be like the 'like' button for youtube or facebook, which I have no problem clicking in situations where I don't think a full exposition of my feelings in written form is necessary.
I think a thank you button would be stupid and lazy. If you really want to say thank you actually post and say it and if you want them to know you mean it write out some details agreeing with them and make it a sophisticated conversation showing you agree. Also thank you button, if it doesn't show who thanked who, would be a person's way of hiding when a majority dislike the idea.
I'm not sure what everyone's beef with the idea is. A thank you button would be pretty much equal to a karma system without downrates, and I think many of you have stated a liking for Karma at some point. Like I mentioned - sure, a +1 doesn't say as much as a "Thanks a bunch dude, that was really helpful!", but you can't possibly argue that a +1 does say exactly the right amount for most situations. It's not like adding a 'thank you' button would prohibit people from making 'thank you' posts?
we actually have and thread on this already pretty much... with some good reason to "not" have it.
Though personally ive always been a fan of the system.... Guess in the end it dosnt matter...as it wont ever be added either way =( [ok "ever" is a little much.. but at the current rate not any time soon it seems]
It's proven that animals react better in the long run to positive reinforcement than negative. People are just animals with a desire to be important.
A thank you is positive reinforcement that makes you feel important.
and to add that. Theres always people who will want to help more, if not for the only reason to feel "more important" by having more likes. Which helps people with questions (and hurts noone)
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Why don't we make a "good or not" system, where people view a random post and vote in "good" or "not." Then we add the option to short the threads by their post count, view count, or their "good or not" rating. Of coarse we will randomly reset popularity every once and awhile.
I say it would be better if us mods could trawl old threads and rename them if they are sovled to something that will come up in the search engine if people are looking for it to stop duplication.
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Hi, i suggest to sc2mapster to add Thank you button on forum. It will be really usefull, when people want to say thank you to someone. This feature is already used on many sites. Why to not add this on sc2mapster?
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Because the sites owned by curse and they cant mod anything without Curse.
Thank you.
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Funnily enough, I like the idea. The problem with the karma system is that most of the people on the average forum are too stupid to judge fairly on posts. Result is that great posts often get downrated because people simply disagree or don't understand them. Case in point: Allakhazam's WoW forums, where elitism has run kind of rampant. By adding a 'Thank you' button you're basically opening up the possibility of positive enforcement without giving people the ability to put others down. I like that.
But yeah, like Pshyched said; Sc2Mapster is owned by Curse, and they are kind of anal about letting the actual people that run the site edit it's code. It's one of those situations where rules outdo logics and common sense - Sixen (and the rest of the mod team) has the function of 'community manager' within the Curse company, and the rules dictate that a community manager doesn't need access to website coding - they've got the coding division for that. Problem is we get no attention from the coding division because Curse doesn't really care about Sc2Mapster; their opinion, last I heard, is that Sc2 and its mapping scene is dying.
Well, I disagree with the Thank You button.
The good thing about getting a "Thank you" is knowing that the user took his time to actually write that for you and post it just for you. A button can even be clicked by accident. It will make the job so easy that will lose its value. It's not the words that are important, but the effort put into it to show you actually mean it.
Do you think girls will like flowers just because you clicked "send flowers?" Or they actually like it because you had the work to go to the store to buy it just for them?
@RodrigoAlves: Go
This depends on the situation and degree of 'feeling' in question, though. You give a girl flowers because you really love her and want to show her. You thank someone on Mapster because really, you don't care as much but just want to show a bit of appreciation. A 'thank you' button allows you to do just that without requiring you to make a complete new post for it - something most people will not likely do anyway.
While i agree that a ty button would bring attention to the fact that a particular post helped loads of people, i do side with Rodrigo that the time you put in the post is worth more...
In any case, it's nice to be nice... particularly when you just got some help from a totally unknown person ;)
@RodrigoAlves:
My dad bought a really nice wedding ring for my mom and she liked that.
I needed one for my gf. I got one at the arcade. Took me 3 weeks. I got slapped. Go figure.
Yeah but I kind of agree with you. I even wrote an entire thread (in my sig) about being polite and saying thank you, but I think that writing it is what makes it actually meaningful.
Plus what Mozared said. Curse doesn't like use. They only send flowers with the "send flowers" button...
Great to be back and part of the community again!
Kind of like the idea but...As always, we cannot touch the site code for now. Cure should (hopefully) make some changes soon or get us a coder, but for now, the site code is off-limits. Believe me, if we could touch the code.... *gets lost in trance*
If it were able to be implemented, I'd be down for a 'thank you' button. It'd be like the 'like' button for youtube or facebook, which I have no problem clicking in situations where I don't think a full exposition of my feelings in written form is necessary.
@zeldarules28: Go
We should just create www.sc2mapster.org seperate from this without limitations! :D
I think a thank you button would be stupid and lazy. If you really want to say thank you actually post and say it and if you want them to know you mean it write out some details agreeing with them and make it a sophisticated conversation showing you agree. Also thank you button, if it doesn't show who thanked who, would be a person's way of hiding when a majority dislike the idea.
I'm not sure what everyone's beef with the idea is. A thank you button would be pretty much equal to a karma system without downrates, and I think many of you have stated a liking for Karma at some point. Like I mentioned - sure, a +1 doesn't say as much as a "Thanks a bunch dude, that was really helpful!", but you can't possibly argue that a +1 does say exactly the right amount for most situations. It's not like adding a 'thank you' button would prohibit people from making 'thank you' posts?
What we need is a stfu button. Like you know..
But anyway, Im with Mozared on this, I generally like the idea.
we actually have and thread on this already pretty much... with some good reason to "not" have it.
Though personally ive always been a fan of the system.... Guess in the end it dosnt matter...as it wont ever be added either way =( [ok "ever" is a little much.. but at the current rate not any time soon it seems]
It's proven that animals react better in the long run to positive reinforcement than negative. People are just animals with a desire to be important.
A thank you is positive reinforcement that makes you feel important.
and to add that. Theres always people who will want to help more, if not for the only reason to feel "more important" by having more likes. Which helps people with questions (and hurts noone)
Why don't we make a "good or not" system, where people view a random post and vote in "good" or "not." Then we add the option to short the threads by their post count, view count, or their "good or not" rating. Of coarse we will randomly reset popularity every once and awhile.
What's wrong with just judging people by the content they post and forming your own opinion on them rather than relying on an arbitrary numeric value?
I say it would be better if us mods could trawl old threads and rename them if they are sovled to something that will come up in the search engine if people are looking for it to stop duplication.
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