'Like' button for blonde?

[TightEnd]

Think this should be met halfway with 'reps', where you can appraise a post if you feel like it but would need to make a comment about why you have done so either positively or negatively. Works well on the cpfc.org forum, the biggest UK football forum, obv.

I like the idea of "reps", see it working well in various places I frequent
r
(Eventually) there are plans to add all sorts of bells and whistles to the forum (moving across to DTD server) and reps is something I will probably lobby for

[Acidmouse]

It's a forum dude not facebook.

Dislike

it started on forums then fb used it too.

[ohdear]

Think this should be met halfway with 'reps', where you can appraise a post if you feel like it but would need to make a comment about why you have done so either positively or negatively. Works well on the cpfc.org forum, the biggest UK football forum, obv.

the reps system works very well on ukm too, something quite important actually when people are regularly giving advice on AAS

[cambridgealex]

they also have this feature on the bodybuilding forum i post on, it doesn't really stop people posting or commenting further on posts that they've liked it's just that the amount of likes someone has got apppears just below their post count the ratio to which is a good indiacator of how good a contributator that person is to the forum and how good their posts are, fyi pretty much everyone on that forum hates facebook so i don't think the likes feature is unique to facebook or a facebook type site

I agree with this.

[pleno1]

theres one of SOTF, not sure I like it tbh, think on Blonde it just wouldn't work.

[Longy]

I have never really posted on a forum with a rep system, but my initial thought is that it seems potentially more trouble than it is worth. Lets face it there is plenty of egos in the poker world (probably less on blonde than elsewhere tbf) and I can only see it becoming a point of conflict when someones ego gets bent out of shape because someone get a rep for something and they didn't etc...

[AndrewT]

Why do we need little stickers on our profiles saying how much everyone likes us?

I decide how much I like people's posts and how much they contribute by reading what they write and deciding.

Are we going to have a little league table of 'best posters'? Are people going to start sending PMs to each other 'you like me and then I'll like you back'?

How old are we - five?

[AndrewT]

I have never really posted on a forum with a rep system, but my initial thought is that it seems potentially more trouble than it is worth. Lets face it there is plenty of egos in the poker world (probably less on blonde than elsewhere tbf) and I can only see it becoming a point of conflict when someones ego gets bent out of shape because someone get a rep for something and they didn't etc...

Yeah - there are enough prickly fkers round here as it is.

[ohdear]

Why do we need little stickers on our profiles saying how much everyone likes us?

I decide how much I like people's posts and how much they contribute by reading what they write and deciding.

Are we going to have a little league table of 'best posters'? Are people going to start sending PMs to each other 'you like me and then I'll like you back'?

How old are we - five?

maybe it doesn't translate to other formats so well whereas in the bodybuilding community it's essential to know that someone you're taking advice from on stuff like AAS knows what they're talking about, the reps and likes system is a good indicator for that, the reps and likes on that forum dont really make anyone feel that good or special about themselfs, more a guide for other users when taking advice from them that they know what they're talking about.

[AndrewT]

I can see that if someone is giving some kind of medical advice then it's obviously important that a load of people on the internet give you a thumbs up to indicate you know what you're talking about but I can't see that applying here.

[ohdear]

you might be surprised in comparison to your local GP how informed and knowledgeable your average bodybuilder is about the(safe)use of steroids

[jakally]

Why do we need little stickers on our profiles saying how much everyone likes us?

I decide how much I like people's posts and how much they contribute by reading what they write and deciding.

Are we going to have a little league table of 'best posters'? Are people going to start sending PMs to each other 'you like me and then I'll like you back'?

How old are we - five?

maybe it doesn't translate to other formats so well whereas in the bodybuilding community it's essential to know that someone you're taking advice from on stuff like AAS knows what they're talking about, the reps and likes system is a good indicator for that, the reps and likes on that forum dont really make anyone feel that good or special about themselfs, more a guide for other users when taking advice from them that they know what they're talking about.

I think it's ok in that context, but in general, it is only of use to the very young, or very insecure..... which means I will only get half of the benefit.

[TightEnd]

no benefit to staking boards from having reps positive or negative?

(thinking out loud)

[ohdear]

no benefit to staking boards from having reps positive or negative?

(thinking out loud)

there should be a benefit, not that much though as people that have something like 10,000 posts are probably long term respected members anyway so would naturally have a lot of likes and reps, i don't think it would hurt though.

[Graham C]

Think this should be met halfway with 'reps', where you can appraise a post if you feel like it but would need to make a comment about why you have done so either positively or negatively. Works well on the cpfc.org forum, the biggest UK football forum, obv.

I like the idea of "reps", see it working well in various places I frequent
r
(Eventually) there are plans to add all sorts of bells and whistles to the forum (moving across to DTD server) and reps is something I will probably lobby for

End of blondepoker.com ?

With regards to reps for staking, I think it'd have to be reps purely for staking wouldn't it?  Take the Solaris incident, I guess he'd have quite a good rep before people gave him cash (idiots!)  You're probably close to running a similar scheme to one of the staking forums then with staker points and stakee points.