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Toddy

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Jan 21, 2005
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The old rep system was nice. Folks would sometimes leave little messages in my profile for me to read, and I missed them when the system died a death :sigh:
They were usually just a little happy thank you, but sometimes they led to links, and sometimes to conversation with like minded people :D

I suspect that if we'd been sure we knew all of the culprits we might just have slapped infractions on them, removed their rep counts and stopped them using it again; but it was a logistical conundrum and Admin was swamped at the time and we were being hit by that huge wave of E. European and Chinese spammers too.
At the end of the day, the decision to kill it entirely was the most straightforward course to take.

As a comment on Patrick's threads, and bear in mind that I am a great admirer of his work, he took the photos down so fast that folks I'd told about his last thread on cordage never got a chance to see it. Cannae have it both ways.

cheers,
M
 

Retired Member southey

M.A.B (Mad About Bushcraft)
Jun 4, 2006
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Are we all being a little precious about what we post?, I think what I post is OK when I start a thread(Obviously a lot of my posts in threads are a little chaff), but couldn't care less for being thanked, if there are a lot of views but no comments, I don't see it as a slight, just that that many people have clicked on a thread I started, do we really need to be thanked for passing on something to the forum? I know its nice but does it really matter?
 

mountainm

Bushcrafter through and through
Jan 12, 2011
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Are we all being a little precious about what we post?, I think what I post is OK when I start a thread(Obviously a lot of my posts in threads are a little chaff), but couldn't care less for being thanked, if there are a lot of views but no comments, I don't see it as a slight, just that that many people have clicked on a thread I started, do we really need to be thanked for passing on something to the forum? I know its nice but does it really matter?

I dunno, I wouldnt normally have read the windlass thread as I thought it was summut to do with boats, but had it been flagged in some way then I may have checked it out.
 

JonathanD

Ophiological Genius
Sep 3, 2004
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Are we all being a little precious about what we post?, I think what I post is OK when I start a thread(Obviously a lot of my posts in threads are a little chaff), but couldn't care less for being thanked, if there are a lot of views but no comments, I don't see it as a slight, just that that many people have clicked on a thread I started, do we really need to be thanked for passing on something to the forum? I know its nice but does it really matter?

That's exactly how I feel. I post quite a bit on tracking that get few replies. Doesn't bother me. If people want to read it, it's there, if they don't, then I won't lose sleep over it. Few replies doesn't mean any interest. I was interested in the Windlass thread, read it, took away some interesting knowledge and moved on. I didn't have anything to add, so didn't reply. I still dip in to see if others do though.
 

santaman2000

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Jan 15, 2011
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...You know what the answer is ? Folks need to get over their silence and just type in a quick note of appreciation. It's not hard, it's even easier than texting...

Agreed. But the problem isn't POSTING the reply; it's the clutter of the subsequent readers having to read posts that basically thank a prior poster without actually adding to the conversation. That's why I disagree with JD's assertion that they ADD clutter; rather I assert that they DECREASE clutter.
 

santaman2000

M.A.B (Mad About Bushcraft)
Jan 15, 2011
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Are we all being a little precious about what we post?, I think what I post is OK when I start a thread(Obviously a lot of my posts in threads are a little chaff), but couldn't care less for being thanked, if there are a lot of views but no comments, I don't see it as a slight, just that that many people have clicked on a thread I started, do we really need to be thanked for passing on something to the forum? I know its nice but does it really matter?

Maybe so. But apart from just giving a poster a warm feeling, being thanked might also spur him to believe there's enough interest in whatever subject/info to add more.

Interestingly I see this as most useful on "kit" posts. Someone starts a post wanting to know where to get this or that and subsequent posters get thanked for useful suggestions of kit sources.
 

decorum

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May 2, 2007
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I quite like the idea of a thanks/acknowledgement button. But, as has already been said, it's very open to manipulation.

I have no idea whether it would be workable, but would a clickable/tabbed 'This post has been thanked' be feasible? In effect it would be _a bit like_ having [HIDE] tags for pics ~ you choose to click and open/close for each individual post and if you don't click you don't see. That way, there isn't the potential for clutter below each post ~ unless you choose to make it so.


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Toddy

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I think most of us who post threads are really just starting conversations :D It's kind of a big part of what the forum is about tbh.
Personally I love it when someone adds something useful to something I've written :cool: that way we all learn :D

I think any postive comment is encouraging though, and sometimes folks really need that.

cheers,
M
 

JonathanD

Ophiological Genius
Sep 3, 2004
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Stourton,UK
I don't feel any need to get thanked for my posts. They are what they are, get from them what you want or ignore them. I really don't want to see a list of people thanking me. That'd be a little weird. I seriously wouldn't want to see that and don't understand why anybody who starts a thread actually would want that.
 
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demographic

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Apr 15, 2005
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On another forum I use there's a "Give Rep" button which seems to work quite well.

It just recognises that someone has made a useful contribution to a thread or has started an interesting thread. Because it recognises someone's helpful comments within a thread I don't think it should be confined to the thread starter.
Sometimes the thread starter starts a thread asking a question and would like to thank those who give useful answers.
 

Toddy

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Jan 21, 2005
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That give rep button suited me fine :) but the system was the one that was abused. Folks gave reps for friends who had literally posted "cool" :sigh:

I don't quite agree with JD, I like feedback enough to know that what I posted was useful, or interesting, but I'm quite happy with that. As I said earlier, it's also a good way of starting a thread that pools information from many people :cool:

cheers,
M
 

JonathanD

Ophiological Genius
Sep 3, 2004
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Stourton,UK
That give rep button suited me fine :) but the system was the one that was abused. Folks gave reps for friends who had literally posted "cool" :sigh:

Now that is what annoys me on the other forum

I don't quite agree with JD, I like feedback enough to know that what I posted was useful, or interesting, but I'm quite happy with that. As I said earlier, it's also a good way of starting a thread that pools information from many people :cool:

cheers,
M

But don't you get that within the replies and the amount of visitors to the thread. A more prominent star system would be great so that threads get rated more easily and often, but rating individual posts is going too far. The rep system was awful as it set people up above others. The post count can sometimes be construed in the same way. I'm all for getting rid of a post count too and just having your join date. Just cos' you have a high post count, doesn't mean you have contributed to the community more and deserve respect. Just means you're a gobshiite and enjoy shootin' the s**t on here. Southey and myself being prime examples.
 

shaggystu

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Nov 10, 2003
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....I'm all for getting rid of a post count too and just having your join date. Just cos' you have a high post count, doesn't mean you have contributed to the community more and deserve respect. Just means you're a gobshiite and enjoy shootin' the s**t on here. Southey and myself being prime examples.

couldn't agree more (especially abou you and southey being gobshiites!), i no longer say "welcome to the forum" to all new members as a i used to because i realised that out of a thousand odd posts i'd only had a couple of dozen things to say

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