Kudos on forum

[Kalacia]

Hello,

Why cant we implement a "kudos" system on the forum. it would have no effect on life other than "look how many kudos i got". People like flashy shit like that.

but on a more serious note. It could show who actually helps people and posts quality, or shit posts all the time. As people would rate peoples posts.

I will now antisipate peoples responces "too easy to push shit posters to the top via forum bots" le sigh

[Onep]

This sounds like a form of discrimination towards funposters TBH.

[jorb]

Yeah, I would actually like that. We're kind of boxed in by the phpBB right now, as loftar doesn't like delving into it to hack it, but I hope we can upgrade to something better at some point.

[TeckXKnight]

I will now antisipate peoples responces "too easy to push shit posters to the top via forum bots" le sigh :(

It literally couldn't be worse than the lack of system we have now and given the tools mods could tackle obvious abusers.

[Potjeh]

If you're going to mess with the forums, don't touch the color scheme under any circumstances.

[Amanda44]

If you're going to mess with the forums, don't touch the color scheme under any circumstances.

+1 ... it's the only one I've ever come across anywhere that doesn't hurt your eyes or is impossible to read from the ridiculous colours used!

As for the kudos idea, tbh, I'm not sure about it, simply because we are a very small community and very 'cliquey' ... I'm not sure it would ever truly represent what it was designed for. I also think those kinds of systems encourage false posting, meaning people would adapt the way they would normally post for recognition, you can argue that this is a good thing but I'm going to disagree, I quite like that we have a variety of posting styles ... I don't always like everything I read mind, but I still like the variety we have and some other forums with a rating system have turned rather generic and bland over time.

[Patchouli_Knowledge]

How would we contain people making alts to kudos people to the stratosphere or to the core of the earth? The first thought people would think of is a post count before you can but would that actually be enough?

[synaris]

id rather not have idiots judge me by something as trivial as forum karma. i would imagine because im blunt and cuss a lot id get a million downvotes or whatever the term will be. making every mindless moron think "hey look at that negative score, this guy wont be worth listening to" and skip over my posts.

[ven]

How would we contain people making alts to kudos people to the stratosphere or to the core of the earth?

Only allow jorbtar and active mods to vote. The community clearly can't be trusted with that power.

[Kalacia]

How would we contain people making alts to kudos people to the stratosphere or to the core of the earth?

Only allow jorbtar and active mods to vote. The community clearly can't be trusted with that power.

good idea

but not just mods... have power users also. People who can be trusted to up or downvote. But not have mod powers.