Originally Posted by
Dr. HFH
I misunderstood. I thought that we were considering having a "+1" or "Helpful" button on individual posts.
That is what's up for discussion.
Originally Posted by nkedel
Certainly; it's just the one most often named where it will be "abused" or "gamed," including in one post further back of yours that I was responding to, which you responded by quibbling about "like" vs. "helpful."
I wasn't quibbling I was correcting you when you used another term when I'd said 'helpful' in my post. You may find them one and the same but I don't which is why I chose the term I had.
Originally Posted by nsx
The Manufactured Spending crowd would be all over this, manufacturing scores in the thousands, just for the fun of it. If you think members play games to inflate post count, just watch what they do when you give them a score.
Completely agree and it's that forum more than OMNI which makes me want to opt it out if possible from any form of 'helpful' button.