One of the innovations on Stereonet Australia (SNA), in addition to an upgrade of the site, has been the addition of a like button which you can hit when you approve of a post.
It then appears as a credit in your profile, which I personally enjoy. So on Stereonet, I have made 1217 posts, and received 1160 "likes". Not quite one for one but getting there.
The interesting thing is that the "what's spinning threads" have never been busier, and the "likes" for a frequent poster on that sub forum typically are 2-3 times their post count.
When someone "likes" your posts, it encourages you to post again. If someone makes an aggressive post, and it receives no "likes" then my experience is that it tends to cool down the poster a little, and not encourage the line of country ventured into.
I would love to see the same thing adopted here.
The actual website might benefit from an update as well. This is the software that SNA uses: https://www.invisionpower.com/features/apps#forums
Version 3.4.7. Before that it was vBulletin, as is this site.
Just a suggestion, nothing more.
It then appears as a credit in your profile, which I personally enjoy. So on Stereonet, I have made 1217 posts, and received 1160 "likes". Not quite one for one but getting there.
The interesting thing is that the "what's spinning threads" have never been busier, and the "likes" for a frequent poster on that sub forum typically are 2-3 times their post count.
When someone "likes" your posts, it encourages you to post again. If someone makes an aggressive post, and it receives no "likes" then my experience is that it tends to cool down the poster a little, and not encourage the line of country ventured into.
I would love to see the same thing adopted here.
The actual website might benefit from an update as well. This is the software that SNA uses: https://www.invisionpower.com/features/apps#forums
Version 3.4.7. Before that it was vBulletin, as is this site.
Just a suggestion, nothing more.