Suggestion Medals should be earned for likes, not posts.

smileyhead · May 21, 2017

Doing this would promote "quality over quantity" more.
It could also come with a like counter under the message counter on the "mini-profiles" next to posts.

duffmmann · May 21, 2017

I really doubt anyone posts just for the meaningless medals

Minox · May 21, 2017

duffmmann said:
I really doubt anyone posts just for the meaningless medals

People have done that in the past.

duffmmann · May 21, 2017

Minox said:
People have done that in the past.

That's pretty sad, and I truly can't even understand why, I mean they do nothing.

emmanu888 · May 21, 2017

I'd rather just earn my badges through posting rather than having people like my posts

grossaffe · May 21, 2017

Do we even need medals?

porkiewpyne · May 21, 2017

duffmmann said:
I really doubt anyone posts just for the meaningless medals

You'd be surprised. Even without an actual incentive, we've seen people attempt to farm likes for who knows what reason

Dionicio3 · May 21, 2017

Just, wow smileyhead, why?

Veho · May 21, 2017

I still stand by my experience level suggestion

Likes are meaningless, 90% of my likes are from the EoF, for stuff completely unrelated to the forum. Someone looking at my profile could get an entirely false impression that I'm useful around here, when all I do is post funny pics.

KevinX8 · May 21, 2017

Whenever I see someone with lots of likes I instantly know they are shit poster not a quality poster lol

VinsCool · May 21, 2017

KevinX8 said:
Whenever I see someone with lots of likes I instantly know they are shit poster not a quality poster lol

I am so sorry

Shitposting is my only will to live.

ProtoKun7 · May 21, 2017

Medals have been fine for this long; no need to change them now.

dubbz82 · May 22, 2017

porkiewpyne said:
You'd be surprised. Even without an actual incentive, we've seen people attempt to farm likes for who knows what reason

Imaginary unicorn points, of course.

daxtsu · May 22, 2017

Veho said:
I still stand by my experience level suggestion

Likes are meaningless, 90% of my likes are from the EoF, for stuff completely unrelated to the forum. Someone looking at my profile could get an entirely false impression that I'm useful around here, when all I do is post funny pics.

I mean, laughter is a strong medicine..

The Catboy · May 22, 2017

No, too many people just get likes for shitposts and EOF posts. It would be a grossly unbalanced system.

WeedZ · May 22, 2017

Veho said:
I still stand by my experience level suggestion

Likes are meaningless, 90% of my likes are from the EoF, for stuff completely unrelated to the forum. Someone looking at my profile could get an entirely false impression that I'm useful around here, when all I do is post funny pics.

Not to mention the shit ton of likes mods get for shutting down shit posters.

But yeah, most of mine are from eof or flame wars. I'd say the majority of them are posts that are now deleted.

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No wait, I got it. Medals should be for the number of followers you have.

SnakeOil992 · May 22, 2017

GhostLatte said:
I mean I have a lot of likes, but I have yet to contribute meaningful to this forum besides being a shitposter.

Oh boy, this hits home hard.

V0ltr0n · May 22, 2017

No matter how medals are calculated, amount of posts, likes or medals =/= quality posts. Medals for followers aren't a good idea either. There are many ppl that have threads which I follow, but I've never or rarely have hit follow on someone's profile.

Quantumcat · May 23, 2017

This is why I suggested being able to give two kinds of likes - useful likes and funny likes. Shitposters would only get funny likes. Useful likes would be a good indicator of someone's helpfulness.

migles · May 23, 2017

migles said:
like my comment to prove something...

ok i was hopping a flood of likes, (was hoping about 10-20 likes) but the point is.. likes are mostly earned through shitpost, or comedic replies.. sure, a very helpfull reply or constructive post also earns likes but you can do it quickly with shitposting

The Catboy · May 23, 2017

Quantumcat said:
This is why I suggested being able to give two kinds of likes - useful likes and funny likes. Shitposters would only get funny likes. Useful likes would be a good indicator of someone's helpfulness.

I would actually be interested in seeing how a system like that could work. Although currently it seems like it would be rather hard to introduce such a system without completely nuking the entire "Like" system and starting from scratch.
I guess they could add a system at the start that simply separates "Likes" from the EOF from the rest of the forums. Giving a solid base from there without completely nuking everyone's Likes.

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