'Communties get addicted to these buttons'? . This (negative addiction/misuse of) is precisely the reason why a 'dis-like' button should never be part of a core product in the first place. I want to create a platform where people feel welcome. I mean... it is very simple: take Facebook.... do you get a message if someone breaks the friendship with you there? No. You could see this as a 'dislike' can't you? Someone -for whatever reason- decided to quit the Friendship and imagine what would happen if people actually get a message when someone breaks friendship with them... There is a REASON why Facebook doesn't do this! So, how would people feel if they get an alert that a member or multiple members dislike their postings? Obviously people are going to take it personally, and this is very understandable/logical.
Dictating?
i suppose i just dont understand the resistance to having options beyond the stale 'like'. does everyone really have such little faith in each others abilities to admin their own boards?
vBulletin has the option to dislike a post?The Facebook comparisons irk me. As others have already pointed out, this is not Facebook. Facebook is a single instance of a single platform run by a single company. XF is anything but that. XF is (rather, will be) forum software sold to the masses and licensed to thousands of forum owners for who knows what purpose. This idea of the developers not including a feature because they feel that their customers don't have enough common sense to use it appropriately...that idea scares me. That's like not including mass email functionality because the developers are afraid their customers will spam their members. Include the features that enough people will want (and believe me, enough people will want this "Dislike" functionality), and give your customers the ability to use it how they wish, not how you wish.
vB and IPB both include the ability to "Dislike"...Go ahead, yell out me for comparing XF to vB or IPB...but whatever you say, it's a heck of a better comparison than Facebook.
Yes, dictating. I chose my words very wisely and meant them.
Amen
In vB it's called reputation, positive and negative reputation.vBulletin has the option to dislike a post?
vBulletin has the option to dislike a post?
The reputation system requires a comment thats is addressed directly to the content author. It is not the blunt instrument that 'Dislike' would be.Yes, they just call it "Reputation". It's the exact same concept.
So do I.I agree with the choice of the developers to leave this out (sorry Ryan ). There are many things that can, and most likely will, be added that enhance and encourage a positive community environment...I think energies need to be focused on that direction above all else. Just my 0.02
I don't know why you're so amazed. Kier feels very strongly about this, as do I and many others./me shakes head in amazement
Agreed, i'de rather they hold true to their philosophies than trying to please everyone.They are making decisions based on a philosophy they both share. I think being true to that is as equally important to them as reaching a broad market
The Facebook comparisons irk me. As others have already pointed out, this is not Facebook. Facebook is a single instance of a single platform run by a single company. XF is anything but that. XF is (rather, will be) forum software sold to the masses and licensed to thousands of forum owners for who knows what purpose. This idea of the developers not including a feature because they feel that their customers don't have enough common sense to use it appropriately...that idea scares me. That's like not including mass email functionality because the developers are afraid their customers will spam their members. Include the features that enough people will want (and believe me, enough people will want this "Dislike" functionality), and give your customers the ability to use it how they wish, not how you wish.
vB and IPB both include the ability to "Dislike"...Go ahead, yell out me for comparing XF to vB or IPB...but whatever you say, it's a heck of a better comparison than Facebook.
does everyone really have such little faith in each others abilities to admin their own boards?
XenForo is about a vision, that has been made perfectly clear by now the last 3 weeks. If you need something that doesn't fit into this vision, it offers you the option to extend it's functionality by using Plugins. So you still get what you want.
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