Right, so yea is a reputation thing, not a matter of quality of the content, which is the bizarre bit. It encourages this notion that you would parade what you do for BYOND (actually valuable or not) for some sweet reputation. For me anyway, this seems an odd way to do things. Better to have a system that would reward the contributions themselves, not the people. Like say ... game fans, the system we have for following games.

Keeping the Like option promotes positive reinforcement and keeps people optimistic and upbeat. The reason I think Posts themselves should be Likable as well, is in case some important piece of information presents itself that maybe someone needs to see. Therefore if someone posts an incorrect statement, and another person corrects him, the more correct response would (or at least Should) gather more Likes, bringing it to the attention of everyone participating in the thread that it might be a valid blip of info, or at very least, something that might entertain everyone.

In the case that a Flame War starts (And I know that it will), A rule should be invented in the case that people begin liking hateful, or otherwise inappropriate content, that it is considered Instigating and can be punished severely. One thing I notice in EVERY Flame War between two people is that there is always a troupe of trolls whom say things between the two and instigate further arguing and hatred. I find that it's best to just ban these instigators and worry about them no longer. Harsh? Possibly, but it would cut down on unintelligent, name calling, fights that people have.

Intellectual arguments however should be allowed and daresay instigated themselves. There's nothing more entertaining than seeing two people rationally and PEACEFULLY solving a problem together and coming to a sole conclusion, whether one or all of them are completely wrong.

I'm supporting the Like option of course, however I'm suggesting that there should be rules along with it as well. Such as liking Obscene, Vulgar, or Hateful content should carry the same punishment as posting it yourself.

That's ridiculous. Considering how easy it'd be for it to be a misclick due to mouse malfunction, etc.

I don't think this is the 1930s - you don't have to be penalized for crimes that make no sense and aren't even "crimes".

SuperAntx wrote:

[...]This is a bad idea, it's an attempt to fix what isn't broke, it's a waste of time and resources.[...]

Solomn Architect wrote:

[...]This is just my opinion, and I don't expect Lummox or Tom to place one on the website anytime soon, nor would I pressure them about it.[...]

You apparently didn't see this. I wasn't making a feature request, read my base topic post, and you'll understand my meaning behind this. I'm not trying to fix anything, I was just pointing out some random fact that happened to be popular among the community, not taking over BYOND one forum option at a time.

Please people, If you're going to post in this thread, for the love of god will you at least read the topic post?

As for sticky threads, I would vote for that. That would be extremely handy for threads and posts that may explain something in BYOND not covered elsewhere, such as the Guide or Reference. Not to mention moderators now have an easy way for community members to see the latest news and rules, In case you don't check your pager from time to time.

I would put a lot of money on the fact that at least 70%+ of the community couldn't tell me exactly how to view the forum rules without looking for it themselves.

Um? No? Again, this isn't the 1930s/1940s where you're going to get in trouble for crimes that don't even make sense.

You clicked a little button. Boo hoo. If we have a Like button and we're dictated how to use it, what's the point of it?

Unfortunately people are lazy, a very sad fact of life, therefore unless you give people a "Lazy Button" they won't bother participating even that little bit.

Alright, well let's say no one is punished for liking a post that obviously breaks rules. People who like the Flame War posts, are still instigating the argument, and just want to see what happens next in the Drama-fest we call The Internet. At any rate, I guess it really doesn't matter. It's not like mods would enforce such a pathetic rule, nor would they very much care. At any rate, Thank you for the opinions. I wasn't aware that it was such a popular topic among the community.

Again though, who the hell really cares? If people are going to be Liking a post during a flame war, it takes an idiot to continue it because someone liked something you said.

Very true, therefore it boils down to the maturity level of the two participating parties, which, unfortunately as the past can give clear directive, has never been very high to begin with. At this rate, it appears as though the internet is doomed.