PLEASE VOTE (and comment) on the "like" system and related scrollbars within posts

Well, I have finally figured out what caused the scroll bars within posts and the "like" functionality to suddenly appear.

It is apparently a "feature" added on the latest version of one of the plugins we use to get our site higher visibility in search engines. I recently upgraded that software and while making some configuration changes, ran across the functionality.

So... the question is, now that the feature has been installed for a couple of weeks, do people want to keep it, or have it go away? (It does not seem to be an option to keep the "like" functions without also keeping the scrollbars; near as I can tell, they must go together.)

Please vote and comment as appropriate.

 

The likes are okay, don't like the fact that you'll get a notification of a like but it doesn't tell you what was liked or by who. The scrollbars are annoying. As a package deal, 1 vote to scrap them.

 

Scrollbars I could do without.

Likes are cool. I don't like that I can click on a link to take me to my likes in the CP and nothing is listed. Seems like it's a half baked mod.

So nix the scrollbars but keep the likes provided we get full disclosure in the CP.

As a package deal.. I'd kill em.

 

I will also explore whether there's another "like" feature we can install that doesn't involve scrollbars

 

+1...can we also nix the 10 character requirement why were at it? +1 is just 2.....lol

 

Please kill the annoying scrollbars. Whatever benefit the like function may offer is more than outweighed by the horrible scrollbars.

 

The Like function seems like a good idea, but the implementation is not so great in this current vBulletin. I vote that we turn them off for now and explore them again in a future update.

 

Ditch them both. What I would like to see is a rating system for posters (+/-) that accumulates. I think that would be more helpful than the current "like" system. I've seen this on another board, but I'm not sure if vBulletin has this functionality.

Also, if we could have different titles other than "registered user" for non-moderators, it would be excellent. A tiered system could be nice.

 

+1 I hate that requirement. The "like" is nice because you can give a brief affirmation without having to spend the time to create an entire post (read: efficiency vs. my ineptitude in brevity).

As far as the notifications, I could care less. I am less concerned with who agrees with me then I am in throwing a quick kudos to someone else.

I agree that as a package deal, they should be eliminated. Eliminate the 10-character requirement. It's just as easy to throw a quick :iagree: or :wtf: as it is to hit "like."

 

Is it amusing to anyone else that this thread is yet another STICKY?

 

To me "liking" thing seems pretty useless. I agree with the idea of having at cumulative +/- rating system for posters rather than posts.

 

We have that now, unless it's changed since 2008; I just think very few of us use it. See this thread. http://www.degreeinfo.com/off-topic-discussions/28254-custom-user-titles.html

 

I don't mean custom titles.

I'm talking about a tiered system like this:

0-25 posts: Freshman

26-75 posts: Sophomore

76-125 posts: Junior

126-500 posts: Senior

501-1000 posts: Grad Student

 

Since they're a package deal I'd say lets get rid of the likes and the scroll bars.

 

I agree, +1

 

Just to be annoying to Chip, let's all "like" this post.:saevil:

 

I do not like them Sam, I am.

 

OK, so it seems there's pretty overwhelming dislike for the 'like' function. I've deactivated it.

However, it turns out there is another "like" plug-in from another provider. I'm going to explore it further and see if it might be an option, since people seem to appreciate the "like" function but not the scrollbars.