Topic: An Alternative to Merit - page 3. (Read 785 times)

One-liner - Not gonna happen.

But don't worry, you will get along with it.. give it a time. This is common every new member coming from other social media platforms carves for this option but trust me this "like" feature has peen proposed like gazillion times. and here are reason its hasn't been implemented. What you think when theymos introduced this merit option would not he have thought of "like" option which is much simpler and easier to implement.

If you have noticed even Facebook somehow ditched this option with emotions. Also when you bring "like" button, automatically you need a "dislike" button and that brings additional many ifs and buts with it. So I guess this simple "merit" systems working fine for years and that's something exclusive to Bitcointalk. I guess only thing which we should not be asking for is "Where is the new forum software?".

Ive understand you OP. The urge to express our feeling over something we like is strong that a like button is sounds like missing here but thats a different case since this a forum and not can be compared with social media sites such as facebook and twitter.

In case you have encounter a lot of good post that you reallt admire or like. Drop a merit if you have, but its not necessary since you are still a newbie. Anyway I am not against of this like button but more in favor.

Theymos can implement it as trial since many already requested the featuee and just remove it if turns out to be funny in the end.

Thank you very much for this link. If something like this exists, that means my thirst for introduction of like is 50% quenched. I am grateful to know this.

This topic has been discussed extensively on the forum and the admins have taken no action, so it's safe to say, it is not being considered;
Like button idea ?
Downvote / Dislike button
The like button
I keep looking for the 'Like' button

• You do not have to engage a post to show appreciation, you could simply read through and pick the important information,
• If necessary, you can report the post in the link giving in the first 2 replies or PM the user,
• Like buttons on social media are mostly useless and just a popularity contest, there's no need to replicate that here.

I don't really think it's too late; it's a matter of the community and Theymos thinking that a "like" feature is superfluous given that we have the merit system.  I'd suggest that if you see a post that you like and don't have enough sMerits, the world isn't going to end if you don't express your feelings toward that post--and you can always do as DireWolfM14 said and report the post in that thread.

This topic has come up numerous times since the merit system was implemented, and I've seen many threads by newbies (and higher ranked members, too) wanting something equivalent to a "like" button.  Every thread has ended the same way, i.e., it died off and that like button was never created--so OP, the bottom line is that it isn't going to happen.

The merit system has been so helpful in making this forum achieving quality posts, I do not think there should be any changes if it is working good, I mean there should not be any introduction of likes. Like me, I do send some people PM(s) if I have seen their post helpful for me (especially when I have no smerit(s) to send, I do not need any like button at all. All I can still prefer is to be a merit source so I will be able to have enough smerits all month long that I can send to the posts that are worth it. You too can try to become an established member on this forum and request for merit source. Also know that many of us do set the telegram bot to notify us of anyone that send us new merits and that also mention us, if you report such posts on [self-moderated] Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source, the user will be notified through telegram bot, and if the post you report are worthy to be given merit, you will see merit source and other users meriting such posts. I have done it several times and it has been working good for me.

Know that the posts on this forum is not about like or not, it is about having quality, if merit system can work this good so far, like button is not necessary. There is other platform called cryptotalk.org, the site make use of like and hate button, but the forum is full of spammers. Sticking to worth is working good is enough than advancing it to worth what may not later do the forum good.

The reason one has to earn merit before he can send merit is prevent abuse.  Many newbies are likely abuse their sMerit by sharing it amongst their newbie buddies (or sockpuppets,) thus undermining the point of having a merit system.  The premise is that if you've earned the merit, you're likely to know how to send sMerit.

If you find a post worthy of merit, but don't have enough to send yourself, report it here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/self-moderated-report-unmerited-good-posts-to-merit-source-5093271

It's a bit too late to introduce a "Like" button in my opinion.
The users are so used to the Merit system that they will keep using it instead of the "Like" button

Besides it, while it can useful, I don't see the need to turn the forum into a Christmas tree and overload it with so many things. There is a choice to make between both and a "like" button wouldn't have encouraged the users to improve the quality of their post.
Secondly, if you notice how the Merits are sent, you can see the users already confuse it with a "Like" button like on Facebook.

As a newbie, I read many posts that has quality. After reading the posts I'll feel like to merit the post, but as a newbie, I might not have a sendable merit, I will have no option than to slide on.
Assuming there is an alternative to merit just like "Facebook like" along side merit, it would favour me.

Atleast if I don't have merit to give, I will just click like and move on pending when I'll have merit to award the user.
This proposed "like" might likely not be used by admins, or neither shall it determine ranking, but it should just be a mere appreciation for a quality post when merit is lacking.