The "Thanks" Button
 

I'm not liking it very much. I find it ruins the flow when scrolling through the thread.

The button itself is fine for me, but the added line between posts saying who liked the post is awkward. I've never seen that in other forum layouts before. Usually it's just that simple "thanked 8 times" line up in the join-date corner and that's it, if people wanted they could "mouse-over" that line to see the list of people who clicked the like button.

I agree the detail list should be something hidden until asked for wit a click somewhere.

:agree:
Strongly!

Don't understand how it works anyway. Yesterday mine said 7 from 7 and I didnt post anything, today it's 5 from four, and I only posted once?:shrug:

Everyone in the world needs to be "liked." That's why you can buy "likes" for Facebook, Twitter and many others to make you feel good and boost your business too. There have been many papers written on this phenomena. You can thank (LOL) Facebook for this annoying feature that you now find everywhere. :( Unfortunately it has come upon us here too. Some fora even have DISLIKES (thumbs down) but no one wants to be "not liked" so in the interest of NOT insulting people they thankfully (so far) haven't added DISLIKES (thumbs down) as it is available in this forum software. I have seen many forums that add the names of those who "like" you as they did here. As an example, MACRUMORS is one (although not the same software). There are many others. Some forums, rather than LIKES have THANKS as in "Thank you for the helpful post.".

The "likes" predate Facebook by around 5 years. They've been a part of the internet forum world since at least 2000, when phpBB was released (what this forum, which uses a stable version of vBulletin, is coded with). Upvotes were introduced back in the days of Bulletin Boards and Usenet, in the 1990's.

Facebook didn't exist until 2004.

You can thank THIS forum's code for the "likes" on Facebook.

/// weird, same post got posted twice

Very true. In fact I ran one of first 5 CBBS's (Google Forum-80 software) in the US back in the early 80's on a TRS-80 with 4K of memory running under TRS basic on a 5.25" single sided floppy with a 300 baud modem and a phone line which eventually became 5 1200 (edit: make that then 2400 then 9600) baud modems on 5 phone lines on an "IBM-PC" (Google TBBS Software) . Was also a mod on 2 Compuserve forums so I am quite aware of it. I also run a private forum using vBulletin Cloud but as I am sure you know LIKES meant nothing until Facebook when they were counted in the millions instead of on 1 or 2 hands. Now they can make or break a business or a show business personality. Apples and Oranges. But yes, upvotes and the like have been around for years. Hated them then and still hate them now.

I agree that everyone in the world needs to be liked.

I don't understand when you say you can "buy" likes on Facebook. On Facebook there is a like, wow, angry, sad, laugh and love button to push...…...or don't push anything.

I don't like the word "fora" for plural for forums.

You are absolutely correct.

Here is a ridiculous example that I just saw:
The Following User Says Thank You to REDCART For This Useful Post:
TOTV Team

The Administrator or Moderator is contributing to the mess!

Agree. I expect the "TOTV Specialist" to thank someone any time now.

How about a ‘thanks but no thanks’ button?

That is exactly the point I was trying to make in my OP.

I don't see a "THANKS" button on the new version. That is an improvement over the old version.

:thumbup:


:D

........ and I don't see it as a "thank you for posting", I see it as "I agree with you".

Hi Madelaine Amee,

I just want to tell you that I completely agree with your perspective on seeing the “thank you” as an “I agree with you.”

When I like a post, I try to take the time to tell the poster that I do — and why. Of course, I can’t do that every time I see a post I like. I have never resorted to the “Thanks” button. (But that’s just me.)

— Even so, I know that posters are mostly sincere when they use the “Thanks” on here to communicate. But I might be the only person in the world not on Facebook so I am not into the positions of thumbs.

Interestingly, it does not take long to notice a rather insidious pattern that can emerge from within such succinct communication as the “Thanks” button.

It does not qualify as “click bait” but there are times when it appears to be nothing more than “clique bait” — as in bait ‘em in to take a side. For some, division is far more important than discussion.

It’s all theater — complete with character motivation.

If you click on the + button it's there.

I don't like a lot of things,,,,,, how about a dislike button :pray:

I don't see a + button. Where is it? What I do see is a "thumbs up" button. Is that the button you refer to?

The + symbol will only appear after a post is "Thanked". So, hit that thumbs up button and the + will show up soon after.

I thanked your post. There should now be a + sign next to the thumbs up. Hit that and see who thanked you..

Yes, it also see it as an "I agree with you". I was informed by another poster that the "Thanks" function is on the new version. Click on the plus button and that lists the usernames of people who have "thanked" that particular post. The thumbs up button is to register your "thanks".

This is an improvement of function over the old version. You see the "Thanks" when you want to see them. If not, the list is not visible.

The plus button appears after a "thanks" has been registered by a poster. The "Thanks" happens first then the plus button appears. Neat, right?