Ability to Upvote and Downvote Posts

[Sagetology]

Don't you think it would be cool if we could upvote and downvote posts in a thread similar to reddit?

The top few posts could show up at the top to give people a better feel for the thread. This function would be especially beneficial in some of those 20+ page threads.

It would probably be quite a bit of work to implement though.

[Rider_Prider]

Don't you think it would be cool if we could upvote and downvote posts in a thread similar to reddit?

The top few posts could show up at the top to give people a better feel for the thread. This function would be especially beneficial in some of those 20+ page threads.

It would probably be quite a bit of work to implement though.

One of the forums I frequent has a "Thanks" button and it shows all the people who have essentially "Liked" the post. I wouldn't mind that.

Implementing it similar to Reddit wouldn't work IMO. I think a forum like this would be odd if posts weren't in chronological order.

[Greenhawk]

Don't you think it would be cool if we could upvote and downvote posts in a thread similar to reddit?

The top few posts could show up at the top to give people a better feel for the thread. This function would be especially beneficial in some of those 20+ page threads.

It would probably be quite a bit of work to implement though.

Wouldn't be hard to implement -- in fact there are addons that do this already.

What would be the point though? A board where threads are indexed by trending rather than by latest post...?

I like the other idea of "thanking" posters for helpful replies. That is much more likely to stimulate helpful replies to posters looking for answers and thereby institute a system of "more trusted" responders.