[wp-forums] We need to be friendly.

[TechGnome]

What I am opposed to:
*Any* kind of system that leads to a caste like hierarchy that results 
in elitism. IE: You listen to me because I am an XYZ and better than 
you. Besides user levels shouldn't have a place in a support forum such 
as this.

What I am NOT opposed to:
Some kind of system that leads to the promotion of POSTS (not users).
I am not opposed to the idea of having some kind of link or button, or 
some such that allows users to mark a post as being helpful. However 
places where I've seen this implemented, the points went back to the 
poster, rather than the post itself. I'd just assume that the "points" 
remain with the post. "X users have found this post to be helpful. 
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars." -- not unlike what one finds at Amazon.com 
with their user rating. These post rating can then be taken into 
consideration during searches, possibly giving them a little more weight.

Just an idea and my thoughts.

-tg



Podz wrote:
> Michael B wrote:
>> I didn't mean to imply that I was proposing implementing a points 
>> system.
>> Merely commenting on the recent experience with Apple's official support
>> forums in regards to Craig's idea of a karma system.
>>
>> As I said, I don't have much experience with support forums outside 
>> WP and
>> the other I mentioned, macosxhints.
>>
>> I completely defer to those who've more experience with such.
>>
>
> No defering :)
>
> Arguably, it's people like me who should be saying "How can we push 
> this forward then?" because new ideas being stamped on by the 
> 'old-timers' is a bad model to follow. So no idea should be rejected 
> until it really has been discussed by as many as join in.
>
> I also tend toward finding the holes in schemes. I look to how things 
> will break, be exploited, be abused before I consider the benefits - 
> so at the start of any project (be that in Real Life or online) I am 
> always the negative one.
>
> P.
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