RunningBum
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In another thread, there is some talk about piling on and being repetitive in disagreement with the OP. But it seems to me that if one person disagrees and others silently concur, that can be taken by the OP and others as just one person's view. There ought to be a way to agree with a post without repetitively posting the same thing.
I've seen on some other forums where there is a + button you can click to increment a counter to publicly show you (anonymously) agree with a post. This seems like a good solution to show agreement without piling on to the OP, or just generally showing agreement or appreciate for a good post.
I've also seen a - button, but some forums don't use this as it can be used more as a weapon. If a poster don't like someone, he/she might - every one of their posts regardless of the content. So I'm only advocating for a + button but I'd be fine with both + and -.
Right now we have the Thanks button, but that's basically like a PM and does nothing to publicly show agreement. I'd say that a +counter button is more useful and could replace the Thanks button if you don't want too much clutter at the bottom.
I've seen on some other forums where there is a + button you can click to increment a counter to publicly show you (anonymously) agree with a post. This seems like a good solution to show agreement without piling on to the OP, or just generally showing agreement or appreciate for a good post.
I've also seen a - button, but some forums don't use this as it can be used more as a weapon. If a poster don't like someone, he/she might - every one of their posts regardless of the content. So I'm only advocating for a + button but I'd be fine with both + and -.
Right now we have the Thanks button, but that's basically like a PM and does nothing to publicly show agreement. I'd say that a +counter button is more useful and could replace the Thanks button if you don't want too much clutter at the bottom.