Basically.Ilyena Talith said:Likes and reputation I like. Quality posts and posters should be acknowledged. But we're all too petty to handle it properly.
^Nas Vua said:What about feeling good about getting some likes? That's positive
I made an on topic post thoughBeowoof said:Basically.
Just looking at this thread... Nickolas Imura, Jared Ovmar, and Maria Natalja were the only ones who made any sort of constructive or on-topic post, but several 'likes' were handed out to people who were essentially trolling, thereby encouraging such behavior.
The system can work. But it usually doesn't.
Beowoof said:Nickolas Imura, Jared Ovmar, *Maria Natalja, and Kaklyn Horde were the only ones who made any sort of constructive or on-topic post
I have to admit, I liked that post from just reading it x3Commander Orin said:you know what guys, i think we should take this a step further and remove the post counts too so that new members dont feel intimidated
Humans aren't lovey dovey angel creatures sent from heaven to make love and fart out rainbows. Trying to stifle anything that is remotely offensive will just result in a stagnant, clinical, environment that is creepily nice and unnatural. We're competitive creatures, that's why there's a like system anyway. Removing it also removes an incentive to make interesting posts.