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Implications of forum "likes" and perceptions of those with lots of them
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Xolve
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#21 - 2012-02-17 18:03:52 UTC
I normally push the like buttan when I see a post that pretty much sums up my thoughts on whatever the topic at hand is, and prevents me from having to correct someone that was wrong on the internet. I do post alot though, and albeit sometimes wrong stuff just to rile people up.

217 of my likes came from Destination Skillque
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#22 - 2012-02-17 18:04:27 UTC
Bumblefck wrote:

Hmm, seems like something someone who doesn't have a lot of likes would say.


Define "a lot". P

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rodyas
Tie Fighters Inc
#23 - 2012-02-17 18:04:59 UTC
Likes is just CCP doing it's job of making us happy and help us feel good about playing their game. Your thinking too much about something that is just to encourage you to spend more money on EVE.

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Liang Nuren
No Salvation
Divine Damnation
#24 - 2012-02-17 18:05:20 UTC
I just gave you your 500th "like". Also, like counts are useless, but it is nice to know when someone legitimately likes a post. I'd like to see "like" implemented exactly the way it is, but only displayed to the person who is being liked. Which is to say it should be another manner of private communication.

-Liang

I'm an idiot, don't mind me.
Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#25 - 2012-02-17 18:05:32 UTC
Petrus Blackshell wrote:
Bumblefck wrote:

Hmm, seems like something someone who doesn't have a lot of likes would say.


Define "a lot". P



Basically, anything > Greyhawk Stormshadow's Like count

Perfection is a dish best served like wasabi .

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Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#26 - 2012-02-17 18:07:00 UTC
people with 2000+ likes are silly

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Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#27 - 2012-02-17 18:09:38 UTC
Liang Nuren wrote:
I just gave you your 500th "like".


Aww yeah! Big smile I can feel the spaceship karma washing over me. Or that might just be the epic Immediate Music I'm listening to in the background.

Liang Nuren wrote:

Also, like counts are useless, but it is nice to know when someone legitimately likes a post. I'd like to see "like" implemented exactly the way it is, but only displayed to the person who is being liked. Which is to say it should be another manner of private communication.

-Liang


I could go for that. It would be used far less then, though.

I could also go for being able to list exactly who liked a particular forum post, or limiting "likes" to one "like" per post per account. I can't help the feeling that so many of these CSM candidates only got 100 "likes" because their 20-30 man corp "liked" with all their alts.

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Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#28 - 2012-02-17 18:10:14 UTC
but not as silly as those with less than 2000 likes

Perfection is a dish best served like wasabi .

Bumble's Space Log
Grey Stormshadow
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#29 - 2012-02-17 18:11:15 UTC
Bumblefck wrote:
Petrus Blackshell wrote:
Bumblefck wrote:

Hmm, seems like something someone who doesn't have a lot of likes would say.


Define "a lot". P



Basically, anything > Greyhawk Stormshadow's Like count

Lol... funny thing is that I don't even know how many "total likes" I have and couldn't care less :)

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rodyas
Tie Fighters Inc
#30 - 2012-02-17 18:11:33 UTC
Indeed I do feel the silliest, with my small likes.

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Zimmy Zeta
Perkone
Caldari State
#31 - 2012-02-17 18:12:32 UTC
By the way..does anybody know who the hero was that gave Lyris Nairn his 10.000th like?

I'd like to apologize for the poor quality of the post above and sincerely hope you didn't waste your time reading it. Yes, I do feel bad about it.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#32 - 2012-02-17 18:19:22 UTC
Likes are like SP: the total is completely meaningless, but people try to assign meaning to it anyway (either by thinking of it as epeen or as some measure of “unfairness”). What matters is where they're placed and why.
Professor Alphane
Les Corsaires Diable
#33 - 2012-02-17 18:19:30 UTC
Zimmy Zeta wrote:


@ Prof Alphane: So you have disvovered the beauty of social engineering...that's how I got about 90% of my likes Big smile


I think you may have misunderstood my posts, personally I very rarely actually use the feature to give likes myself my experience is from when I have received likes mostly.

Though I do see it as a way of quitely making friends/contacts my purpose in that wouldn't be a bigger like count on A.n.other Intraweebs Forum but a genuine interest in people.

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Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#34 - 2012-02-17 18:19:45 UTC
Grey Stormshadow wrote:
Bumblefck wrote:
Petrus Blackshell wrote:
Bumblefck wrote:

Hmm, seems like something someone who doesn't have a lot of likes would say.


Define "a lot". P



Basically, anything > Greyhawk Stormshadow's Like count

Lol... funny thing is that I don't even know how many "total likes" I have and couldn't care less :)



You have 927...

Perfection is a dish best served like wasabi .

Bumble's Space Log
Grey Stormshadow
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#35 - 2012-02-17 18:20:12 UTC
I'm sure you all are aware that it is possible to use automated script to increase likes count. Those scripts are available from this same forum and CPP employees are making jokes in same thread, so it can't be very bannable action either :)

The total count is more or less a joke, but as someone said earlier - it may give rough idea how active/old poster someone has been. I would prefer to see post count and character age for this purpose though.

Get classic forum style - custom videos to captains quarters screen

Play with the best - die like the rest
Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#36 - 2012-02-17 18:22:50 UTC
Yes, my thread about DQ and latterly the script was awesome wasn't it :)

Perfection is a dish best served like wasabi .

Bumble's Space Log
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#37 - 2012-02-17 18:24:10 UTC
Grey Stormshadow wrote:

The total count is more or less a joke, but as someone said earlier - it may give rough idea how active/old poster someone has been. I would prefer to see post count and character age for this purpose though.


... We need the seniority "ranks" tags that exist on phpBB forums, stat.

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Grey Stormshadow
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#38 - 2012-02-17 18:26:06 UTC
Petrus Blackshell wrote:
Grey Stormshadow wrote:

The total count is more or less a joke, but as someone said earlier - it may give rough idea how active/old poster someone has been. I would prefer to see post count and character age for this purpose though.


... We need the seniority "ranks" tags that exist on phpBB forums, stat.

And dislike button :D

Get classic forum style - custom videos to captains quarters screen

Play with the best - die like the rest
Xolve
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#39 - 2012-02-17 18:27:19 UTC
Petrus Blackshell wrote:
Grey Stormshadow wrote:

The total count is more or less a joke, but as someone said earlier - it may give rough idea how active/old poster someone has been. I would prefer to see post count and character age for this purpose though.


... We need the seniority "ranks" tags that exist on phpBB forums, stat.


No No No- We need Pos Rep and Neg Rep rows!

As a SomethingAwful, Reddit and Test Forum, Please Ignore Member; I demand Downvotes, stupid forum titles, and positive and negative karma icons.. tags would be cool too.
Zimmy Zeta
Perkone
Caldari State
#40 - 2012-02-17 18:31:14 UTC
Xolve wrote:
Petrus Blackshell wrote:
Grey Stormshadow wrote:

The total count is more or less a joke, but as someone said earlier - it may give rough idea how active/old poster someone has been. I would prefer to see post count and character age for this purpose though.


... We need the seniority "ranks" tags that exist on phpBB forums, stat.


No No No- We need Pos Rep and Neg Rep rows!

As a SomethingAwful, Reddit and Test Forum, Please Ignore Member; I demand Downvotes, stupid forum titles, and positive and negative karma icons.. tags would be cool too.


Please no.
Dislikes or negative karma icons would just encourage some guys to shitpost even more.

I'd like to apologize for the poor quality of the post above and sincerely hope you didn't waste your time reading it. Yes, I do feel bad about it.