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Old 09-16-2019, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Bucco View Post
Ok.....accept what you say but tell me what the advantage to anyone is on a forum such as this to have like or such ?? That response will be solicited....I assure you.
Well for one, it minimizes all the posts that people post JUST so they can say "I agree!". If a lot of people agree with one post, then they can simply "rep" (or "thank" in this case) that one post. And readers will see that 20 people agreed with that one post, without having to read 20 posts saying so.

That's actually the primary purpose of the rep system; to cut down on spam posts.

That's a start.