'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
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(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 ?

no the domain name will point to the new server

[tikay]

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.

Absolutely not!

The plan is to make the software more amenable to added bells & whistles, such as a much enhanced Live Updating software & suchlike. It's all goot.

[kinboshi]

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.

A simpler system would be to tag people who you've given money to Graham, then the rest of us can avoid them...

[bobby1]

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

(thinking out loud)

It could be like Ebay where the stakers get to rate the stakee in regards to did they get the cash out ok, was the stakee true to everything he posted etc. It might raise the level of transparency, then again it might just stop some of the staking too.

[Graham C]

A simpler system would be to tag people who you've given money to Graham, then the rest of us can avoid them...

so true

[AndrewT]

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

(thinking out loud)

It could be like Ebay where the stakers get to rate the stakee in regards to did they get the cash out ok, was the stakee true to everything he posted etc. It might raise the level of transparency, then again it might just stop some of the staking too.

A+++++++++++++ post - would read again.

[titaniumbean]

It's a forum dude not facebook.

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[Jon MW]

I think this kind of system works well where the forum is largely comprised of people asking questions and others answering them.

I've seen programming forums where they do something like that and it's good to know who has been genuinely helpful in the past.

But I don't see how it'd work for a more community based forum where we just talk rubbish most of the time - people with the highest reps would almost certainly just be the people who posted the most.

[gatso]

people with the highest reps would almost certainly just be the people who posted the most.

you really think anyone's going to like anything kinboshi writes?

[kinboshi]

people with the highest reps would almost certainly just be the people who posted the most.

you really think anyone's going to like anything kinboshi writes?

[nirvana]

people with the highest reps would almost certainly just be the people who posted the most.

you really think anyone's going to like anything kinboshi writes?

I was trying to think of a reason why this would be good then you nail it, lets have it soon

[millidonk]

people with the highest reps would almost certainly just be the people who posted the most.

you really think anyone's going to like anything kinboshi writes?

incred work.

[MC]

Interesting concept, Alex.

I would prefer "Like" to that habit where people just take the easy option, & quote the Post above, which, personally, I dislike. The worst example of that was when one of our Members died, & someone simply (& correctly) posted "RIP" but several people just quoted that! It was grossly offensive, but they intended no harm, they were just following forum protocol without engaging brain. Still, if someone died, & we had a "LIKE" button, I shudder to think of the consequences......

"+1" is the same as the quote thing, I guess.

I think it is good to be able to show agreement, or approval, quickly & easily, but in an ideal world, I'd like to see each Post make a useful contribution, rather than just ticking a box.

Keep the suggestions coming, Tattoo Man.

LIKE

+1

+1

[skolsuper]

IMO the problem with automating the system we use to assess each other's trustworthiness is it could lead people to stop paying attention. Scammers only need to fool a minority to have an incentive, with the current system when a staking thread goes up you already know that's only 1 side of the story and everyone has to do a little digging and use their judgement to decide whether their money will be safe, whereas I think people being 'highly-rated' would lull some buyers into a false sense of security. It's like how they took the pedestrian crossings out on Edgware Rd near the Vic and accidents actually went down, because it forces people to pay attention. This isn't ebay, the poker universe is small enough that we can remember the names of the people who can't be trusted, and besides, a rating system wouldn't have prevented the biggest scam in the forum's history, so leave it as it is imo.

Also how would the system work so as that 1 scam thread can undo 1000 'highly rated' posts, but 1 legitimate dispute or person with a grudge can't?

edit: am referring to the idea of 'reps' as a staking aid. the like button idea seems to me to be totally superfluous, you can just +1 or 'this' or even just quote a post and it's the same thing