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AndrewS

Member Since: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Hereford
Posts: 3708

2013 Defender 130 Puma 2.2 SW Rimini Red

It would be good to have a clicky box on each post with the word 'like' or 'agree' we could then simply click the 'box' if we agree or like someone's comment. (I would have clicked the 'like' button in LandRoverAnorak's post above)

I suppose we could also have other buttons to click for instance 'pointless' 'wow great idea' 'you're annoying' any other ideas?
Would this feature cut down on band width or whatever its called?

12th Nov 2013 7:54am

Martin
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Member Since: 02 Apr 2007
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 6608

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red

There are arguments for and against this, it is not something that is a simple feature to switch on in the current forum software.

For me personally the negatives are that I think it leads to laziness and stifles discussions and comment, and is likely to be abused by a few who go around thanking everyone for everything, which happens on a lot of forums. It can also turn into competitive thanking where certain members press thanks/like against all their buddies' posts and vice versa - which is pointless and untidy.

On the positive side it's could be a good way to generate a marker to flag up posts of special note and which could be stickied or otherwise have further attention drawn to it.

Martin

1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top

2015 D90 XS SW

12th Nov 2013 9:10am

AndrewS

Member Since: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Hereford
Posts: 3708

AndrewS 'Likes' Martin's comments.

12th Nov 2013 9:21am

Martin
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Member Since: 02 Apr 2007
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 6608

I do also think it's better to thank someone personally and take the time to reply rather than just clicking a button

1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top

2015 D90 XS SW

12th Nov 2013 10:01am

AndrewS

Member Since: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Hereford
Posts: 3708

AndrewS 'Agre............

Fair point

12th Nov 2013 10:06am

leeds

Member Since: 28 Dec 2009
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 8581

Some helpful topics should be pinned at the top of a forum. However if they become date expired they should be cut loose.

However I dislike forums which have masses of pinned threads at the head of a forum. Say a max of 3-4 topics pinned

Would it be possible to have a separate section for pinned helpful threads?

So I suppose the big problem is deciding what should be pinned and how to manage them so that minimal housekeeping is required.

Brendan

12th Nov 2013 11:20am

GUM97

Member Since: 05 Feb 2012
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 3555

1997 Defender 90 300 Tdi HT Stornoway Grey

^^ I agree completely with Brendan about having a separate section for older pinned posts. Quite often the whole act of pinning a post becomes becomes diluted as you then have to search many (some rather old!) pinned posts

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12th Nov 2013 4:54pm

Cheshire110

Member Since: 26 Jul 2013
Location: Cheshire/London
Posts: 2755

Could it maybe be possible to like a thread, and then sort by most likes? Cheers, David
Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8.

27th Nov 2013 6:19pm

theorangebandit

Member Since: 03 Jun 2013
Location: Stowmarket
Posts: 862

good idea more in the way of a trending posts manner?

27th Nov 2013 7:16pm

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