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linickx
23rd March 2007, 17:05
I've found a load of useful old topics on this forum, rather than *bump* old posts to say thanks, I thought a "rate this thread" would be nice :)
falko
24th March 2007, 15:46
I'm no fan of ratings as this will be abused (see digg.com and their problem with comment ratings - usefull comments get rated down, and stupid comments get rated up...).
Also, ratings might intimidate users to post because they might think that others don't like their posts or think the posts are stupid, etc.
linickx
24th March 2007, 16:35
fair enough, I seen "thank you" buttons on other forums, i.e. the thread isn't rated, but the poster gets positive feedback for contributing... would that be just as bad ?
falko
25th March 2007, 16:03
Might be a nice feature, but I don't know if vBulletin supports this. Do you remember where you have seen this?
linickx
25th March 2007, 18:01
yeah, here (http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com) .. but you can only see the "thanks" button once you've signed in.
Looking at the page source this is a vbulletin too, so I guess it's a plugin/mod :)
sjau
25th March 2007, 19:23
The moneysaving board is als a vB 3.x hence it's either a public add-on (e.g. on vbulletin.org ) or then it's very likely a non-public add-on...
falko
26th March 2007, 19:25
I've registered to see this button in action. I like it, but I can't find where to download this. I've searched vbulletin.com and vbulletin.org...
edge
26th March 2007, 19:29
I've registered to see this button in action. I like it, but I can't find where to download this. I've searched vbulletin.com and vbulletin.org...
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=92410
falko
26th March 2007, 20:20
Thanks! :)
I've downloaded it and will test it on our test installation before I place it here.
falko
26th March 2007, 22:17
It's working! :)
edge
26th March 2007, 22:32
You got my 1st thanks :-)
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