I was going to mention Ravelry, too. I really think their system works well; it invites participation without adding a lot of noise to the thread. While I'm fond of the disagree button, I agree it might be better to leave it out; there's a wank thread over its existence almost every week.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Tephra Lynn Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] wrote: > > Hi, just a lurker speaking up... > > > > This below would be an amazing option to have, IMO. It's very popular > > on fannish sites in Japan -- they call it a "web clap" over there. > > > > -Loren Leah > > Ravelry, a knitting/crochet community, has a system of buttons on each > post and reply: educational, interesting, funny, agree, disagree, and > love. The buttons are toggles, so a person can't add 999 disagrees to a > post. The click count appears next to each button, agree(11) for example. > > I'm very fond of this system and often wish other forums and places like > LJ had something like it. That said, to reduce wank fodder it might be > better to leave out the "disagree" equivalent since complaining about > the disagree button seems to be a popular pastime on Ravelry. > > Teph, going back to lurking now > _______________________________________________ > dw-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss >
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