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
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