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Can we get "Like" and "Dislike" buttons on each post?

It would be nice to express that you like what someone has to say, and the converse on occasion too.

It is the post reply button. The problem is that you have to use an analog method to keep track of the likes and dislikes. lol

I second your request. There are probably lots of folks that would use it and possibly it would allow one to follow a thread of interest without having to actually postng a comment.

Paul F wrote:I noticed in this forum, which is programmed almost identical to another forum for musicians that I frequent, when you press the quote button then hit reply to post it's supposed to put the quoted post in an indented frame saying "originally posted by" with the screen name and the quoted text is in italic text, like it does in the other forum. Then your reply post is regular text underneath it. There's a little bug they need to work out for it to work properly because you should be able to do multiple quotes too. That's what the plus sign is for. Each quote should be in another frame with italic text.

I pointed this out years ago. And I think others have done so as well. But the Like/Dislike should be added to the list as well.

I'd be happy enough if the site was correctly configured. Someone probably has to be hired, though, otherwise it would have been fixed years ago.

This vBulletin is from 2006, and should be updated anyway. In 2010 a "serious security flaw" was found in a later version:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10714192

The CLSA Central Office maintains the website and was not aware of an issue with the manner in which quotes were being called out on the discussion board. We have now resolved this issue and the quotes are being called out properly.

In regard to the security issue with Vbulletin, this was in reference to spam accounts being created. We have resolved that issue by moderating all new users.

In regard to a like or dislike button, this is a feature used in social media and not generally used on a professional discussion boards.

Do you ever read someone's post that you know and hear their voice in your head?

Maybe I did not get enough sleep last night.

A Like and Dislike button would provide immediate feedback on a post if it echoes a chord with the readers, and conversly if they are straying from the strictly professional style of posting.

Administrator wrote:The CLSA Central Office maintains the website and was not aware of an issue with the manner in which quotes were being called out on the discussion board. We have now resolved this issue and the quotes are being called out properly.

In regard to the security issue with Vbulletin, this was in reference to spam accounts being created. We have resolved that issue by moderating all new users.

In regard to a like or dislike button, this is a feature used in social media and not generally used on a professional discussion boards.

Cool. (Got to try out the new, correct, quote mechanism.)

Administrator wrote:We have now resolved this issue and the quotes are being called out properly.

So it works now!

A lot of forums have this feature and I use it very often.

The Administrator Poo-poo'd my suggestion, but did not say it was technically impossible.

I still think having Like and Dislike buttons gives immediate feedback without having to compose an opus.

Let's request the option to "Like" and "Dislike" by popular acclaim!

A like/dislike button is not an option with our current system. If we change software there will be additional cost to CLSA and the potential that we will lose existing discussion and user accounts.

Definitly dislike

Mr. Woodcutter,

There is a minimum length of message on this site. I don't think those will work.

Yep, just tried it. 10 characters minimum or you get a warning to add more.

The number of characters in a post is something we can change within the current software. We were able to modify it to a minimum of 3 characters. Hope this helps!

Administrator wrote:The number of characters in a post is something we can change within the current software. We were able to modify it to a minimum of 3 characters. Hope this helps!

Good.

Woodcutter wrote:Steve, I've devised a method in which you can express your desire for exclaiming a like or dislike of subject material.

Although not quite as efficient as a single keystroke, I have been able to reduce it to a mere 3 keystrokes per exclaimation type.

The coding is as follows:

Should you dislike a particular post, use the following 3 keystrokes:

B O O

Should you like a particular post, use these 3 keystrokes:

Y E A

This somewhat complex yet simple system of coding should be more than sufficient to let the world know how you feel. Sorry I couldn't condense it to the single keystroke you desire. I will continue to try and come up with a more concise coding.

"Like"

pls7809 wrote:Mr. Woodcutter,

There is a minimum length of message on this site. I don't think those will work.

Ok then. How about "I agree with Woodcutter"

Or even shorter: "+1 Post 16" (10 characters including spaces).

Or to keep it sounding more professional and less adolescent/facespacish: "Well said Mr. Cutter."


Or for dislike, and using language fitting for a professional forum you could type something like "Your last post is devoid of all sound reason Mr. Page." Granted, it's a bit more work than clicking on a "dislike" button on a post, but I often put a lot of thought into my responses, so I believe that effort desrves at least the effort to compose a well worded professional sounding insult rather than a thumby down thingy produced by one lazy click on a mouse.

that we should have a dislike/like button or hot key for same.

Let's have the new software include Like and Dislike

L I K E !

D i s l i k e

Looks like we all get to start over with a new
sheet of mylar.

(sarcasm/)What about including a little wavy hand to represent so/so as well. (/sarcasm)

Is this what we are spending our time on now?

How about we fight the good fight and find some moderators that have actually logged into the forum in the past year. The only user account that has been used since December 2014 is the Admin account.

I am hoping with the new software that was just announced comes with some valuable reliability with the forum as well as has some great new features that would be useful to the professional development of the practice and is not just a new shiny piece of worthless chrome that we all stare at and say how pretty it looks.

I wonder how much this cost CLSA to do as well???

Thank you for participating in my humble thread about improving participation in a small way by adding a Like and Dislike button Bryan.

I am not sure who you are referring to by Moderators. Sometimes posts end up in the agenda for the Board of Directors meetings, however this forum is not actively moderated as far as I know.

Perhaps you are suggesting that we need better moderation, in which case I would say that idea deserves a thread of its own.