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No longer able to thank Feedback posts?
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Javaboy: I don't think that serves any benefit in Feedback though or at least I believe it was being used far more sinisterly in heated debates than merely to say "I agree with this post".
I'd disagree that thanking as a means of saying "I agree with this post and it sums up my opinions." does not add any benefit here. In fact I'd say it's more important in feedback than many other forums where threads can run to twenty pages of people unnecessarily repeating the same arguments. Hey just look at this thread and how many posts could be made redundant if thanks was allowed.
It's a forum where clarity and brevity is important especially if a busy admin has to eventually read the whole thread and make a decision.
I do agree that it was being used by some to get digs in but I don't think it was a big problem.0 -
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Dude, seriously, the thread you linked about that.Not to harp on about the Des and ES incident but...
I posted in it once, on, I think, the third or fourth page (if it was the second page I do apologise). I was highlighting one incident in which I was, in my opinion, badly treated by the mods and users of the forum. A forum in which I had posted and had a particularly bad experience. (unlike the usual dickheads who chime in in Feedback about Forums in which they never post, have no experience of, and have no clue about about.)
Furthermore, I didn't bring that experience to public/feedback attention at the time it had happened, I dealt with it in via the proper channels, reported the post with which I took issue and let a Mod deal with it.
Later when another user took issue with the same forum, I highlighted my previous issue, as a user, to back up the complainant.
Mod circlejerk?
the complete opposite, I would have thought.boards.ie survived (entirely, not on a forum by forum basis) without a "Thanks" feature for the best part of a decade.
I can't imagine how we coped.
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*Shrug*A 10 Page one after it is more preferable?
It would be the same debate, and whether you argue for or against, I guess someone is going to lose.
I just dont understand why so many people are afraid of any sort of change. Or is it more the consultation that people want?
Should we ask about every decision that is going to be made or is going to happen?
Things change organically here. There is no radical rethinking of the wheel. The decision to remove the thanks button was based on feedback from somewhere else.
WE will give it a try, and see what happens. If the forum is less for the removal, guess what, we will put it back. If the forum runs smoother for it being gone, then thats how it will stay.It's a button I don't see why it should be removed here over any other forum tbh.
And I dont see why it should be kept.
I guess we can argue that one all day, cant we
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I think the only solution is to create 2 feedback forums, one with thanks and one without.
How could that possibly fail.
I would refer you to the forum creation forum with that suggestion please, where it will be considered on its merits and dismissed after 3 weeks of slow deliberation.
(that was a joke) 0 -
WhiteWashMan wrote: »*Shrug*
It would be the same debate, and whether you argue for or against, I guess someone is going to lose.
I just dont understand why so many people are afraid of any sort of change. Or is it more the consultation that people want?
Should we ask about every decision that is going to be made or is going to happen?
Things change organically here. There is no radical rethinking of the wheel. The decision to remove the thanks button was based on feedback from somewhere else.
WE will give it a try, and see what happens. If the forum is less for the removal, guess what, we will put it back. If the forum runs smoother for it being gone, then thats how it will stay.
And I dont see why it should be kept.
I guess we can argue that one all day, cant we
I don't understand your point. Are you saying we shouldn't bother giving our Feedback?
And it's not a case of people being afraid of change. Give people a little credit. Maybe they're actually posting here because they disagree with this particular change and not because of some general resistance of change. I find that attitude fairly dismissive.0 -
OK, Take your point, but I hope it was introduced with a view of improving Boards?
So taking it away would be going back to the way it was? A step back?
I don't see it as a step anywhere. It's a button. No inherent value really, in my eyes. Makes for a nice feature on many forums, but doesn't mean it's suitable, necessary or helpful in every forum 0 -
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WhiteWashMan wrote: »*Shrug*
It would be the same debate, and whether you argue for or against, I guess someone is going to lose.
The decision to remove the thanks button was based on feedback from somewhere else.
Ye could've asked for feedback in the Feedback forum 0 -
boards.ie survived (entirely, not on a forum by forum basis) without a "Thanks" feature for the best part of a decade.
I can't imagine how we coped.
Boards.ie survived without lots of things it currently has, however that doesn't mean we should get rid of them. The merits of the Thanking systems is what's being debated. It has its pluses and negatives and quiet a few people appear to believe the positives out weighted the negatives.
At the moment I'm more tempted to chime and post on issues as I can't show my support by thanking. Perhaps the admins see this as a positive.Dude, seriously, the thread you linked about that.
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Really Des, this isn't the place for airing your grievances against mods / users I suggest you raise the issues you're concerned about in Helpdesk or via Pm with the relevant parties.WhiteWashMan wrote: »*Shrug*
It would be the same debate, and whether you argue for or against, I guess someone is going to lose.
I just dont understand why so many people are afraid of any sort of change. Or is it more the consultation that people want?
Should we ask about every decision that is going to be made or is going to happen?
Things change organically here. There is no radical rethinking of the wheel. The decision to remove the thanks button was based on feedback from somewhere else.
WE will give it a try, and see what happens. If the forum is less for the removal, guess what, we will put it back. If the forum runs smoother for it being gone, then thats how it will stay.
I was dead set against the introduction of the Thanks system. I was very vocal about it at the time as Ross can confirm, However I've since found it to be a very useful feature. I'm getting the impression you feel the users should be indifferent to changes like this? However the users will never be indifferent to a change which removes a medium for interaction, and believe it or not the thanks system was a medium whereby people (very basically) interacted.And I dont see why it should be kept.
I guess we can argue that one all day, cant we
I'd argue that removing it was active and that all things being equal in the "no reason to keep it, no reason to get rid of it" mindset, the status quo should have been the path the admins went down.0 -
You know, Trojan posted in the thread asking for logical reasons why Thanks should be reinstated. Many have been posted. There really is no need for your condescending post; boards.ie can survive without them too.
I don't think it was condescending. I think it was a perfectly valid point. I had a look back over a few pre-thanks button Feedback threads last night, and to be honest I saw very little quantative difference between then and now. Apart from a little button to click.
The problem at the core here is, there are just as many logical reasons to *not* have them. The admins looked at those, and decided "there might be a point here" and had the removed from Feedback. So we know some people want them gone off Feedback, and we know some people want them kept. None of this is news, but who do we listen to? Who's viewpoint is *more* valid than the other?
So far one has come up with a solution as to how we can keep both camps happy, just what would keep them happy. Now that's the challenge I think needs tackling instead of the circling this thread is becoming 0 -
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I don't think it was condescending. I think it was a perfectly valid point. I had a look back over a few pre-thanks button Feedback threads last night, and to be honest I saw very little quantative difference between then and now. Apart from a little button to click.
The problem at the core here is, there are just as many logical reasons to *not* have them. The admins looked at those, and decided "there might be a point here" and had the removed from Feedback. So we know some people want them gone off Feedback, and we know some people want them kept. None of this is news, but who do we listen to? Who's viewpoint is *more* valid than the other?
So far one has come up with a solution as to how we can keep both camps happy, just what would keep them happy. Now that's the challenge I think needs tackling instead of the circling this thread is becoming
I agree with all the above. I think those who want it gone or perceive it to be solely bully are the minority however keeping it will probably affect them more then removing it will affect the majority who want it kept. Removing thanks isn't going to have a hugely negative affect on my use of boards.ie but keeping it may cause undue "harm" to those who find it objectionable.
So the question I ask is this, are there a significant number of people complaining about thanks system, strongly enough to merit its removal in the face of people who (push come to shove) would keep it? Sometimes when all you receive are complaints rather then positive feedback, it can be easier to think a problem is bigger then it really is.0
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