Introducing "like and dislike" to the forum

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This has been on my mind for some time now, I really think it's a good idea, the "like and dislike" won't really count for anything its just a kind of check as to how reasonable people find your opinions.

On the forum, there is already some kind of way to see what members like and what they dislike. At the same time, it can be said much more precisely and less subject to manipulation. It is located in the "Views" column, where it is very easy to determine which topics members 'like' and how interesting they really are.

[Z_MBFM]

This has been on my mind for some time now, I really think it's a good idea, the "like and dislike" won't really count for anything its just a kind of check as to how reasonable people find your opinions.

Altcoinstalk has -&+ Karma system. Reddit has Upvote & Downvote system, YouTube has like & Dislike option. This is Bitcointalk form you can't compare with others. This is not any shit forum or social media,There is a merit system here which is enough to check the post quality of the forum and how helpful a post is to other users. Also, since other users except the merit source do not get much merit for distribution. So in that case, you can use the Pulse extension created by vod to vote on the quality of the post.
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[libert19]

Almost ten years ago someone created this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1866078.0

Before creating a new thread that possibly already created, you may use the forum search button. So it will not necessarily create another; rather, you may contribute to the existing thread, and that will help reduce spam on the forum. So that idea hasn’t only come to your mind the first time.

The message itself suggests to create a new topic if old topic is past merely 120 days and here you are suggesting to bump almost decade old topic.

Without demerit, you can not prevent spammers ranking up when merit has become more easily accepted or ignored when they were sent to spam posts or posts that liked by the others.

Demerit is not necessary since it'll likely create serious complications. Plus, for merit abuse tag system works fine. Yes, abusers will still keep their earned merits but the account will become useless for the purpose they farmed merits for.

[IjawMan]

This has been on my mind for some time now, I really think it's a good idea, the "like and dislike" won't really count for anything its just a kind of check as to how reasonable people find your opinions.

The forum is unique in a special way and that was the first thing I observed about it when I first had first hand contact with it and compared it with other social platforms online.

A like and dislike feature does not keep the forum conservative as it should be  and should not be entertained as a welcome idea when the meriting system is already doing that.

When  users quote your post/comment, the way the message they give as a reply is enough for an opinion to be taken whether reasonable or not, the words would say it.

Moreover, even on Facebook people still give likes to  useless and nonsense posts. How reasonable is that?

[Bit-Mj1014]

This has been on my mind for some time now, I really think it's a good idea, the "like and dislike" won't really count for anything its just a kind of check as to how reasonable people find your opinions.

On the forum, there is already some kind of way to see what members like and what they dislike. At the same time, it can be said much more precisely and less subject to manipulation. It is located in the "Views" column, where it is very easy to determine which topics members 'like' and how interesting they really are.

Wow, now that is a nice perspective, I've never really look at views from that angle.

[Stalker22]

This has been on my mind for some time now, I really think it's a good idea, the "like and dislike" won't really count for anything its just a kind of check as to how reasonable people find your opinions.

On the forum, there is already some kind of way to see what members like and what they dislike. At the same time, it can be said much more precisely and less subject to manipulation. It is located in the "Views" column, where it is very easy to determine which topics members 'like' and how interesting they really are.

The problem with "views" is that most of them are just people clicking based on the title of the topic.  It doesnt tell you if a topic is actually good or just has clickbait title.

Personally, I tend to look at the reply depth, as well as the merit counter.

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The problem with "views" is that most of them are just people clicking based on the title of the topic.  It doesnt tell you if a topic is actually good or just has clickbait title.

Personally, I tend to look at the reply depth, as well as the merit counter.

It shows how much a topic has attracted users' attention. It is a much clearer parameter (additionally, more precise when the other three columns are included, the number of replies and merit) than, for example, the number of likes/dislikes of a post on page 12 of 36.

I haven't seen too many clickbait topics on the forum, even when they appear, they are quickly marginalized or removed by the moderators.

[legiteum]

I'm a little late to this discussion, but my opinion is that this system proposal is redundant with the (far superior) Merit system.

All likes/dislikes really tells you is, "which side is the majority of the readers in this forum on?". And what does that tell you? Nothing that you didn't already know.

While we're at it, we should also ditch the Reputation System, which is used mainly when people lose their shit over an argument you make, not actual "reputation" in terms of fraud issues, etc.

[philipma1957]

This has been on my mind for some time now, I really think it's a good idea, the "like and dislike" won't really count for anything its just a kind of check as to how reasonable people find your opinions.

I dislike this idea.

Why?

Subject to abuse.

[snowpega]

This has been on my mind for some time now, I really think it's a good idea, the "like and dislike" won't really count for anything its just a kind of check as to how reasonable people find your opinions.

This is really not a good idea, my dear!

This idea is very relevant to the ALTT feature of -/+ karma system. But there is a huge difference between the two forums. For example you give negative or positive karma to any random users the one who will receive -/+ will never know who gives that this karma, right? But in the case of Bitcointalk, I really believe this idea is never going to work healthily. If you give any person a dislike, that person will easily come to know you gave it to them, and this will obviously increase abuse on the forum, which I believe can disturb the forum environment. The reason the tools on BTT are scraping every possible piece of information about every user is to maintain the forum environment. On the other hand, ALTT is way behind on such a feature. This is why I think the implementation of this idea is a "big no". This is my point of view.

[Peanutswar]

It's just the same as the merit system we have in this community, seems you have seen with the reddit with the up and down vote so you can see if their contribution are good or not help the thread, tons of users already propose having a demerit feature but fortunately not implemented. So basically, what's the agenda of this feature just to see if they are quality poster or just a shiller or troll? Well we have an ignore button if you want them to filter out.

[notocactus]

This has been on my mind for some time now, I really think it's a good idea, the "like and dislike" won't really count for anything its just a kind of check as to how reasonable people find your opinions.

Forum is not a social media platform, so it does not need like and dislike buttons like Facebook (Meta) and X have. For basics of purposes of the forum and how it works, you can read the welcome message.

Similar proposal years ago with emoji
💛 Emoji: we make a topic on the Bitcointalk beautiful🐞

Please no. Don’t bring this thing to our forum.

In all seriousness I'm on board with the majority of users here, and I hate threads which get plastered in emojis.

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[BitBakerr1]

This has been on my mind for some time now, I really think it's a good idea, the "like and dislike" won't really count for anything its just a kind of check as to how reasonable people find your opinions.

On the forum, there is already some kind of way to see what members like and what they dislike. At the same time, it can be said much more precisely and less subject to manipulation. It is located in the "Views" column, where it is very easy to determine which topics members 'like' and how interesting they really are.

Are you trying to say that the higher the number of views determines if a thread is liked by people?
If that is what you mean then you are not correct, a post can be dislike by members but it will have a lot of views and engagement, just like this thread now, it’s been disliked by many but the views is actually growing, right now it has 717 views and 71 replies this means it has engagement but it’s disliked by many so views those not show if a thread is like or dislike.

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Are you trying to say that the higher the number of views determines if a thread is liked by people?

like/dislike require a topic to be visited.
The number of views and replies clearly show which topic is of more interest to forum members. So, if someone wants to find out what is 'hot', they don't need likes.

This is not Facebook, where some kind of algorithm will add up likes and dislikes and, based on that, serve content to each user according to their interests. Well, for example, if you write the word casino once, gambling posts will be pushed to you.
What would be next? Would music be added with each new topic? That would surely get a lot of likes.

[Basels]

And what's the difference between what you're proposing and the merit that the forum already has? I think it is more or less a duplication of functions. There should be better things to be implemented such as closing some sections of the forum to newbies or something else that is aimed at accomplishing something worthwhile, instead of adding what another feature already does.

[Majestic-milf]

This has been on my mind for some time now, I really think it's a good idea, the "like and dislike" won't really count for anything its just a kind of check as to how reasonable people find your opinions.

That's why merits are there. Please don't force any implementations on the forum so it won't look like people will have to be obligated to "like or dislike" a post just because it's a feature (if the idea gets accepted).