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Originally Posted by C Bids
Can somebody please link me to a thread anywhere on the internet which was somehow ruined by posters using +1.
The issue isnt about ruining a thread. It's about how different forums have different guidelines about content. For example, you can go to NVG, and easily find threads where a topic is being discussed, and half or more of the posts are no content. And that's fine for them.
In LCP, we try and maintain a high signal to noise ratio. That is, have posts that add to the discussion and eliminate no content posts. We dont want the first reply in every thread to be "first!" And we dont want someone who asks what the minimum raise is to get "about $3.50! ". That way, as people read the threads they dont have to wade through a bunch of meaningless posts interspersed among the posts that actually answer the question.
So the question at hand is whether a +1 post actually adds any additional value to someone reading the thread, or is it just a throw away post where someone is reading a post and thinks "i agree" and feels the need to post that, because they are used to hitting a like button on sites that have those.
Partly it's a housekeeping question. Some have already posted that they dont mind one or two, but dont like threads with many. Some think the posts are just nonsense. But if we are going to delete the third or fourth +1 in a thread, why have them at all? Which one do we delete, the later ones or do we keep the ones from more experienced posters and delete newbies +1s?
My thinking so far is that either we allow them and say they add value, or we say they dont and dont allow them. It would just seem wierd to say they dont add value, but if you're one of the first two to post it, we'll let it stay and delete the rest. Maybe there are some types of threads were they do and some where they dont. I dont really see a logical reason to say the first two +1s posted have value but the next five dont.
But it's an open question, and we're interested in hearing what everyone who uses LCP thinks.
Last edited by browser2920; 05-17-2015 at 11:33 PM.