Exactly. Did anyone really lose or gain anything from the vote regardless if it was up or down?
Exactly. Did anyone really lose or gain anything from the vote regardless if it was up or down?
In reality it doesn't do much. Votes here are mostly a way of saying "I
saw
and liked/disliked your message" without having to write out a reply.
If the voting feature was more widely-used, then we could use votes for sorting, showing, hiding messages, but there just isn't enough uptake to make that worthwhile at the moment.
Stop upvoting EVERY SINGLE ONE of your OWN POSTS.
Does this have any practical affect?
If the voting feature was more widely-used, then we could use votes for sorting, showing, hiding messages, but there just isn't enough uptake to make that worthwhile at the moment.
Re: Re: Versions
By: The Lizard Master to Gamgee on Sat Jan 08 2022 12:18 pm
Stop upvoting EVERY SINGLE ONE of your OWN POSTS.
Does this have any practical affect?
It just seems a little tacky/odd to upvote one's own messages. If I see that a message has been upvoted or downvoted, it's at least a sign that the message was liked or disliked. I might be curious who upvoted/downvoted it, and when I see that someone has upvoted their own message, it just seems odd. It's like someone patting themsef on the back, proud of what they've posted. But otherwise it does no harm..
These are bbses, not reddit.
back to bbses, i feel this voting thing was interesting in concept, but when implimented it just didn't pan out. bbs people dont want to vote or u
I'd hope messages wouldn't be auto-sorted or auto-hidden based on their votes. I'd still like to read the messages in the same order they were written regardless of their votes.
Re: Re: Versions
By: echicken to Sys64738 on Tue Jan 11 2022 05:02 pm
If the voting feature was more widely-used, then we could use votes for sorting, showing, hiding messages, but there just isn't enough uptake to make that worthwhile at the moment.
I'd hope messages wouldn't be auto-sorted or auto-hidden based on their votes. I'd still like to read the messages in the same order they were written regardless of their votes.
I've also seen some online forum sites (such as Reddit) that will hide messages if they have too many downvotes, but sometimes I'm curious what was said that made so many people downvote it.
It just seems a little tacky/odd to upvote one's own messages. If I
see that a message has been upvoted or downvoted, it's at least a sign
that the message was liked or disliked. I might be curious who
upvoted/downvoted it, and when I see that someone has upvoted their
own message, it just seems odd. It's like someone patting themsef on
the back, proud of what they've posted. But otherwise it does no
harm..
maybe they are trolling you because they know you would look
back to bbses, i feel this voting thing was interesting in concept, but when implimented it just didn't pan out. bbs people dont want to vote or upvote or downvote posts.
The internal message reader in Synchronet has this option:
List Messages
H Highest ranked msgs
Which takes into account replies and votes.
maybe they are trolling you because they know you would look
I continually see The Millionaire upvote his own messages on Dove-net. I somehow doubt he has been doing that to troll everyone here the whole time.
I continually see The Millionaire upvote his own messages on Dove-net. I somehow doubt he has been doing that to troll everyone here the whole time.
I continually see The Millionaire upvote his own messages on Dove-net.
I somehow doubt he has been doing that to troll everyone here the
whole time.
How do you "see" that? Normally, only the original poster gets notified of up or down-votes of their own posts.
Re: Re: Versions
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Tue Jan 11 2022 06:27 pm
I continually see The Millionaire upvote his own messages on Dove-net.
I somehow doubt he has been doing that to troll everyone here the
whole time.
How do you "see" that? Normally, only the original poster gets notified of up or down-votes of their own posts.
When reading a message, the reader tells you how many upvotes & downvotes the message has. In my message reader, I had added a sysop command to view the tally information (included who voted on it). Normally it shows The Millionaire's messages have an upvote, and the tally information shows The Millionaire voted on it.
When reading a message, the reader tells you how many upvotes &
downvotes the message has. In my message reader, I had added a sysop
command to view the tally information (included who voted on it).
Normally it shows The Millionaire's messages have an upvote, and the
tally information shows The Millionaire voted on it.
Ah, I see, a special feature of DDMessageReader. :-)
On other platforms I scroll past most content without 'liking' or upvoting it. It's not that it's a lot of extra effort, but I can't be bothered. I'm sure I'm not alone in this, and we have a much smaller pool of potential voters here, so there are very few votes.
harm..
maybe they are trolling you because they know you would look
I continually see The Millionaire upvote his own messages on Dove-net. I somehow doubt he has been doing that to troll everyone here the whole time.
I continually see The Millionaire upvote his own messages on Dove-net.
I somehow doubt he has been doing that to troll everyone here the
whole time.
are you SURE? you seem to be monitoring it and it bothers you.
and he's doing it a lot. and you check it each time.
sounds like successful trolling to me.
A while ago I noticed pretty much all of his posts had an upvote, and I thought that was odd since people rarely use the voting feature. I started checking and saw that all his upvotes were his own. It doesn't bother me, it just seems odd that someone would upvote their own posts.
A while ago I noticed pretty much all of his posts had an upvote,
and I thought that was odd since people rarely use the voting
feature. I started checking and saw that all his upvotes were his
own. It doesn't bother me, it just seems odd that someone would
upvote their own posts.
Never heard of Reddit, huh? ;)
When reading a message, the reader tells you how many upvotes & downvotes the message has. In my message reader, I had added a sysop command to view the tally information (included who voted on it). Normally it shows The Millionaire's messages have an upvote, and the tally information shows The Millionaire voted on it.
are you SURE? you seem to be monitoring it and it bothers you.
and he's doing it a lot. and you check it each time.
sounds like successful trolling to me.
How do you know I check it each time?
A while ago I noticed pretty much all of his posts had an upvote, and I thought that was odd since people rarely use the voting feature. I started checking and saw that all his upvotes were his own. It doesn't bother me, it just seems odd that someone would upvote their own posts.
Re: Re: Versions
By: Shaun Buzza to Nightfox on Wed Jan 12 2022 12:52 pm
A while ago I noticed pretty much all of his posts had an upvote,
and I thought that was odd since people rarely use the voting
feature. I started checking and saw that all his upvotes were his
own. It doesn't bother me, it just seems odd that someone would
upvote their own posts.
Never heard of Reddit, huh? ;)
I use Reddit. What about it?
Re: Re: Versions
By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Tue Jan 11 2022 06:40 pm
thats too bad. maybe votes should be anonymous
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When reading a message, the reader tells you how many upvotes &
downvotes the message has. In my message reader, I had added a sysop
command to view the tally information (included who voted on it).
Normally it shows The Millionaire's messages have an upvote, and the
tally information shows The Millionaire voted on it.
thats too bad. maybe votes should be anonymous
I'd hope messages wouldn't be auto-sorted or auto-hidden based on their votes. >'d still like to read the messages in the same order they were written regardle
s of their votes.
I continually see The Millionaire upvote his own messages on Dove-net. I some
w doubt he has been doing that to troll everyone here the whole time.
He may be falsely assuming that it causes his messages to be more likely to be read, as it would on a social media platform.
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I continually see The Millionaire upvote his own messages on Dove-net. I
w doubt he has been doing that to troll everyone here the whole time.
He may be falsely assuming that it causes his messages to be more
likely to be read, as it would on a social media platform.
The Millionaire wrote to Dumas Walker <=-
He may be falsely assuming that it causes his messages to be more likely to be read, as it would on a social media platform.
I don't give a XXXX either way if my messages are read or not. I
just like to talk with people and that's it. I don't upvote my
messages to make people read them, I upvote because I think I had something great to express myself with.
some
That's absolutely the reason, with a side helping of making it appear
that he is a profoundly knowledgeable and well-versed contributor to
all things SBBS. Even though he has never run it. Hahahaha
... He does the work of 3 Men...Moe, Larry & Curly
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Hahahahaha! That's the funniest thing I've read all day.
What a load of horsefeathers.
... Sometimes you get the elevator, and sometimes you get the shaft.
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people read them, I upvote because I think I had something great to express myself with.
He may be falsely assuming that it causes his messages to be more likely to >> be read, as it would on a social media platform.
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I don't give a XXXX either way if my messages are read or not. I just like to talk with people and that's it. I don't upvote my messages to make people read
them, I upvote because I think I had something great to express myself with.
$ The Millionaire $
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Re: Re: Versions
By: MRO to Nightfox on Wed Jan 12 2022 12:48 pm
When reading a message, the reader tells you how many upvotes &
downvotes the message has. In my message reader, I had added a sysop
command to view the tally information (included who voted on it).
Normally it shows The Millionaire's messages have an upvote, and the
tally information shows The Millionaire voted on it.
thats too bad. maybe votes should be anonymous
Why is it "too bad"?
Nightfox
I continually see The Millionaire upvote his own messages on Dove-net. I some
w doubt he has been doing that to troll everyone here the whole time.
He may be falsely assuming that it causes his messages to be more likely to be read, as it would on a social media platform.
I upvote because I think I had something great to express myself with.
Aside, I was musing the other day -- would it be possible to launch Linux doors/xtrn programs from Win32 SBBS using WSL2 on the same machine? I'mAssuming it's in /mnt/c/sbbs/xtrn/doorname or similar...
not sure how the output would be piped to the user, but since Win now has
the ability to directly launch a linux kernal... that would be pretty
slick. I'm sure this is a naive assumption, tho :)
He may be falsely assuming that it causes his messages to be more likely to
be read, as it would on a social media platform.
but he's right. he's getting the attention he wants.
What a load of horsefeathers.
Dumas Walker wrote to GAMGEE <=-
What a load of horsefeathers.
Colonel Potter, is that you? :D
What a load of horsefeathers.
Colonel Potter, is that you? :D
All I can think of was the episode where Corporal Max Klinger was
trying to forge Colonel Potter's signature (Sherman T. Potter). As
it turned out, Potter denied it, telling Klinger "You put too much
swoop on the T". <G>
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