Inprove The Post Voting System

[flyoffacliff]

You should add the following options in the Admin panel for the voting system:


1. Have more options for the topic rating system, such as

• Allow users to "Like" and "Dislike" posts
  
• Only allow users to "like" posts.
  
• Disable the post rating system completely.

2. Prevent users from voting on their own posts.

• Yes
• No

2. Allow users to revoke their vote after making it.

• Yes
• No

3. Allow guests to vote

• Yes
• No

[Ryan Roos]

By voting I assume you mean the Like system.

1. - We have had numerous threads explaining that ProBoards will not implement a Dislike button. We don't support the negativity and issues that will cause on forums.
- Right now that already is the setting.
- You can easily turn it on and off already.

2. We see no reason to prevent users from liking their own content. Let the community judge them. When I see a person liked their own stuff, I always avoid liking it myself.

2? You can already unlike a post. No need to make it a setting.

3. You need an account to Like something. Otherwise we can't track the Like. It raises a lot of forgery issues when you allow guest to like.


Overall everything you've suggested is either already a feature, already been decided by ProBoards or could be achieved with a plugin on your own forum. Most importantly adding so many options would require a dedicated space in the admin area just for the Like system. That's a bit excessive at this time. In the future it is possible we will add things to improve the Like system. But for now we're going to stick to the way we've designed it. We put a lot of thought and discussion into how it currently functions.

Edit: A side note to show we're not above suggestions for the Like system, we're currently redesigning how Likes display in posts. The new way will show member names like this...

Ryan Roos, Tim Camara and 3 more Liked this.

[snap2000]

Dec 4, 2012 16:23:58 GMT -8 Ryan Roos said:

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Edit: A side note to show we're not above suggestions for the Like system, we're currently redesigning how Likes display in posts. The new way will show member names like this...

Ryan Roos, Tim Camara and 3 more Liked this.

Oooh! Me gusta! Any idea on how it will decide who gets to be shown and who gets clumped into the "more" part? Perhaps it will favor showing people you're friends with and then those you're following on the list, for example?

[Ryan Roos]

Dec 4, 2012 20:57:07 GMT -8 snap2000 said:

Dec 4, 2012 16:23:58 GMT -8 Ryan Roos said:

...

Edit: A side note to show we're not above suggestions for the Like system, we're currently redesigning how Likes display in posts. The new way will show member names like this...

Ryan Roos, Tim Camara and 3 more Liked this.

Oooh! Me gusta! Any idea on how it will decide who gets to be shown and who gets clumped into the "more" part? Perhaps it will favor showing people you're friends with and then those you're following on the list, for example?

I'm not actually sure how it's being coded. If it hasn't been done yet I'll make sure to toss that idea in there. If someone already grabbed it then it might be done already. We do friends first elsewhere, like in member search boxes. So that's a good idea.

Edit: Haha, Pat is literally coding this task right now. When he gets in I'll be sure to mention it. I added a note to his task. It could be a time issue at this point if he's almost finished. I didn't check the code, so no idea if he just started or is nearly done.

[snap2000]

Dec 5, 2012 7:52:49 GMT -8 Ryan Roos said:

Dec 4, 2012 20:57:07 GMT -8 snap2000 said:

Oooh! Me gusta! Any idea on how it will decide who gets to be shown and who gets clumped into the "more" part? Perhaps it will favor showing people you're friends with and then those you're following on the list, for example?

I'm not actually sure how it's being coded. If it hasn't been done yet I'll make sure to toss that idea in there. If someone already grabbed it then it might be done already. We do friends first elsewhere, like in member search boxes. So that's a good idea.

Edit: Haha, Pat is literally coding this task right now. When he gets in I'll be sure to mention it. I added a note to his task. It could be a time issue at this point if he's almost finished. I didn't check the code, so no idea if he just started or is nearly done.

Progress in action, haha. Thanks!

[Ryan Roos]

Just an update. Your friends will NOT be displayed first. The query required to accomplish this adds to much page load when multiplied times every user and every post on the page. This data wasn't already being loaded, so adding it would be one more thing to slow down the page. The Like code is already insanely complex apparently, so we can't push it further. Sorry.

Just to let you know how it is working, I believe that it displays you first (if you liked a post) and then just in the order that people liked it.

[snap2000]

Dec 5, 2012 11:06:00 GMT -8 Ryan Roos said:

Just an update. Your friends will NOT be displayed first. The query required to accomplish this adds to much page load when multiplied times every user and every post on the page. This data wasn't already being loaded, so adding it would be one more thing to slow down the page. The Like code is already insanely complex apparently, so we can't push it further. Sorry.

Just to let you know how it is working, I believe that it displays you first (if you liked a post) and then just in the order that people liked it.

Aww. Well, efficiency first!