[Primer] What do forum “Likes” do? Or use your "Likes"

[Gryphonknight]

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[Primer] What do forum “Likes” do? Or use your “Likes”

==New User==

(https://blog.discourse.org/2016/12/discourse-new-user-tips-and-tricks/)
To let someone know that you enjoyed and appreciated their post, use the like button. Share the love!

==Highlights==

(https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-likes/30803)

Likes are central to how Discourse works. So central in fact that there’s no “on/off” button for them because Discourse is not designed to run without likes enabled.

Signaling

• Topic Summaries: The feature where Discourse summarizes long topics is heavily influenced by how much each post is liked. Without that signal the content will be less useful to users who are looking for “the gist” of the topic.
• Top Topics: Likes are used in the calculation of the “Top Topics” filter as a way to allow users to find high quality topics on the forum.

This is cool

MASTER THREAD (Solved) - Training Camp Lost food/recruits at withdrawal

If you click the “Summarize Topic” button, the first reply is always the “Solution”:

MASTER THREAD (Solved) - Training Camp Lost food/recruits at withdrawal

==Downvotes==

Why no downvotes?

Systems of fact, data, and science can benefit from downvotes, because statements can be scientifically proven to a reasonable degree. Systems of opinion do not benefit from downvotes and are in fact materially and seriously harmed by them, because nobody can prove an opinion. Empathy is the order of the day in opinion systems. Data analysis related to this quote ( linky, linky )

==Color of the Reply count==

(https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-difference-indication/60477/2)

If you hover over it - it will explain it - its to do with the high like to post ratio. The more likes the posts get it considers it to be a useful topic

==Miscellaneous==

Interesting posts that came up in the searches:

==Votes and Likes==

(https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-both-like-and-vote-button-on-topics/101252/2)

The like button - and like count - are only removed from topics in categories where you have voting enabled. Topics in categories where you don’t have voting enabled are not affected.

If you’d still like to show the like button and count in topics in categories that have voting enabled then try to add the following to your theme. . .

==Goals of Discourse.org and the forum software==

(https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/jeff-atwood-on-growing-discourse-to-120-000-mo-51b47125cf)

What are your goals for the future, and how do you plan to accomplish them?

We have one big goal: to be the WordPress of community. WordPress is our spirit animal, at least WordPress from 2010 onward. Whenever someone says, “How about a blog?” (to the extent that people still say this, I guess) the obvious choice is WordPress. Whenever someone says, “How about a community?” the obvious choice should be Discourse.

There are definite parallels here with Discourse becoming more of a general purpose CMS, like WordPress did. We’ve already taken steps in that direction with official plugins that go beyond basic discussion to let you…

• assign topics to staff (ala Bugzilla, Jira)
• vote on topics that represent features (ala UserVoice)
• mark posts as the official solution (ala ZenDesk)

…and so on.

We are a bit like Trello in that we are the lightweight version of all these things, plus you get unicorns, rainbows, and a real community — if you want it.

[Jedon]

Always great to read your threads bro.
Thanks. A given

[Garanwyn]

My likes are always on cool down. Pesky “only so many likes per 24hrs” rule…

[Gryphonknight]

My likes are always on cool down.

Congrats!!

There is actually a badge for that ( see below ).

From another conversation:

Q:
We do not have unlimited likes, why?

A:
==Daily likes==

Trust level 0 ( New user ) and Trust level 1 ( Basic user ) get the default number of likes.

Trust level 2 ( Member ) gets x1.5 daily default likes.

Trust level 3 ( Regular ) gets x2 daily default likes.

See Trust level link below.

There is even a badge for running out of daily likes ( though according to forum Devs, not SG, it is actually for using all the likes for trust level 0 and level 1 which defaults to 50 ). See Badge, Crazy in Love link below.

Likes appear to be on individual timers. You get one back 24 hours after you used it. In your sample screen shot, you have 1 hour until your oldest like resets. I have had it vary from 10 minutes to 6 hours.

Mods and Staff get unlimited likes.

The Devs can adjust the daily likes.

MY PERSONAL OPINION
I often log off the forum for 12 hours after I run out of daily like. 75 daily likes for members and 100 daily likes for regulars seem to be a decent number.

==Links==

Trust levels ( linky, linky )

Badge, Crazy in Love ( linky, linky )

[Alyssaann1014]

Thanks for all the awesome info and summarizing links together in one thread! I would like your post, unfortunately I have run out of likes for the day. I did not even know that was possible until last night. Funny that you read my mind… I was curious as to how many likes we get per 24 hour period.

Because I’m out of likes you get all the hearts

[Garanwyn]

Ironically, I ran out of likes to like this post when I first read it. But my discussion with Zephyr1 has reminded me.

@Zephyr1, we can probably get those posts on likes merged in here if we ask nicely.

[Garanwyn]

Like management is a key skill. I wish they’d give a like countdown so I could start husbanding them.

[zephyr1]

A countdown/current balance indicator would be very helpful. Every Like I try to give is a crapshoot on success at this point. For a while I was trying to go back to the posts later to Like them after failures, but I’ve pretty much given up on that at this point.

[Garanwyn]

Usually someone posts in threads where I ran out of likes within the next day or so, and that reminds me to give the likes I was intending to. But yeah, I always feel a little bit like I’m playing reverse Russian Roulette when I hit the like button. “Is this one loaded? How about the next one?”

You think you’ve got it bad though? Regulars get twice as many likes as us peons.

[zephyr1]

Usually someone posts in threads where I ran out of likes within the next day or so, and that reminds me to give the likes I was intending to.

This helps me too.

You think you’ve got it bad though? Regulars get twice as many likes as us peons.

Um, :whistles innocently: I still run out anyway with the increased quota…I guess I need to be even more of a regular then? lol

[Garanwyn]

I guess I need to be even more of a regular then? lol

Mods get 3x base likes total. Just sayin…

Understanding Discourse Trust Levels

[zephyr1]

Yeah, I’ve read about Discourse Trust Levels. TL4 is actually technically separate from moderator, though they have overlapping abilities. But TL4 can’t be earned, unlike TL3, it has to be assigned by staff promotion. So probably no more likes for me.

I feel like we need a topic split at this point lol.

[Garanwyn]

@Kerridoc or @Rook, would you be kind enough to merge our off-topic “like-fest” into this thread?

[zephyr1]

@Garanwyn Good idea.

@Kerridoc @Rook In hopeful help of begging the favor of cleaning up the mess I made, these are the post numbers from Data Collection: Raid Matching that I think @Garanwyn and I are hoping would be moved to [Primer] What do forum “Likes” do? Or use your "Likes" —

14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, EDIT: and 28…this one

I intentionally left intact the two posts that @Anaea and I exchanged crediting the quality of the work in the original thread, since they’re not super off topic.

Thanks, and sorry for the mess!

[zephyr1]

@Kerridoc thanks for the merge! I’d give you a heart, but I think I already gave you all of them.

[Garanwyn]

I just joined some pretty impressive company!

@FrenziedEye, @Rigs, @Gryphonknight, @Rook, do we have cookies in this club?

[Rigs]

We used to. Rook kept eatin em all lol

[Rook]

They’re “cat crunchies”! Of course I eat them!

[zephyr1]

So this is a thing that exists, apparently:

https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/badges/39/empathetic

I assume there are no left in this one either, since @Rook got here in October 2017.

[Rook]

Heh…one can always make more cookies.