Dislike Post Function?

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  1. ProSportsForums

    ProSportsForums Regular Member

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    It's either a request for a dislike button or a "Jesus, you're a stupid [****][****][****][****]er!" button.
     
  2. Brandon

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    ha.. There is the extended post rating mod but TBH, I've never been a fan of it.
     
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    It's a double edged sword; with the post ratings mod I've seen the 'Like' function increased but in some case I feel it is at the expense of people posting replies.
     
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    Might be a bad idea to allow negative rep/dislikes. Seems too easy to abuse, especially in the vBulletin/Internet Brands topics (by both sides).
     
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    I'm generally opposed but my thought process was that it might save the rash of "You're a [****][****][****][****]tard!" posts that usually occur in those threads. Every discussion ends up derailed. Even less a fan of that than I am of dislikes.
     
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  6. limcid

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    I try to have fun with those issues by using a disallowed words list where disallowed words get replaced by words of my choosing. So, for "[****][****][****][****]tard" I would probably set it to be automatically replaced by "sweetheart". "You're a sweetheart!" teaches the members to control the language and causes a few laughs at the same time.

    I think that a discussion forum should breed discussion and something like a Dislike button would probably dilute this.
     
  7. Cerberus

    Cerberus Admin Talk Staff

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    I am highly against thanks/like/dislike/hate buttons. If you want to dislike what someone says post and give the reasoning for doing so. More content is generated without these types of mods. More content = happy forum.

    I am all for those Username vs Username posts on a forum, I believe those help the two people say what they want and when its over its over. Let them go at it and get it out of their system
     
  8. GTB

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    I'm not that fussed, but if having a choice would prefer both. But only if there was an option like MyBB has to limit "based on usergroups" you set a limit, how many Likes/Dislikes can be given in a 24 hour period. At least that stops people from spamming LIKES and would also make people think twice about wasting them on posts given - if they can only hand out so many in 24 hours.
     
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    I have no issue with posting "Jesus, you're a stupid [****][****][****][****]er!" if the situation calls for it.

    It's just that some might take that as baiting rather than constructive criticism to learn something about the discussion topic before posting. :D
     

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