Originally Posted by lo2e

Would it be possible, perhaps via a site-wide announcement from the CD, to conduct a poll of FT users on whether this feature would be wanted? This thread and the other one are just a very small sample of FT membership.

Originally Posted by SkiAdcock

Uh wait, what? How about doing a member survey/poll BEFORE you even move forward with this idea to see if FT members really, really want a Like button.

Originally Posted by Canarsie

I am usually in favor of a poll.

While not a perfect mechanism for gauging what members of FlyerTalk want, it does give a quick visual idea on helping to decide how to proceed, in my opinion...

Originally Posted by kipper

A poll is a good idea.

Originally Posted by goalie

Bolding mine: Does this mean that TalkBoard has already decided how to vote on this/is ready to approved this?

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As to the the first part, TalkBoard SHOULD be on on record as to "what comes next" be it shut it down, extend the trial period or close it down-Time to take some responsibility!
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Originally Posted by SkiAdcock

Agree with both.

And of the folk who have posted in the two threads in this forum, 50% are against having a Like feature yet it seems to be moving forward. Heck, even some of the TB members are against it yet it seems to be moving forward. Neither a poll nor sitewide announcement has been done to garner further input, yet it seems to be moving forward.

Originally Posted by nsx

On your other point, a negative outcome would be a large positive correlation of the "vote" totals with the snarkiness of posts. That to me would qualify as a disaster. Now that I've said that, I have provided any opponents of low integrity a means to sabotage the trial, but such people don't need me to point out what will be obvious to them.

Another negative outcome would be if members find the feature useless or nearly so and it consumes significant screen space. (I don't yet know whether IB's implementation uses any screen space that is not currently empty.)

Another negative outcome would be if posters complain that their good posts are getting no feedback while others' snarky or otherwise deleterious posts are getting positive feedback.

I think it's unlikely to be a difficult decision to call the test a success or a failure. Failure will be especially apparent. In the absence of failure, a member survey will tell us the answer.