display "informative" reactions instead of postcount

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

i think we should start showing how many times a user recieved an "informative" reaction or made a post that got a "solved" mark instead of postcount. 

 

it will combat users posting a lot just because they can or posting inaccurate information. and it will help showcase how many times a user helps to solve a poblem. 

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, Twilight said:

i think we should start showing how many times a user recieved an "informative" reaction

well... this technically is a thing already, but still

 

i'd love this though, if it's possible

[5x5]

Add a separate counter for "funny" - let the true meme king be uncovered.

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

3 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

well... this technically is a thing already, but still

not like this:

[Fasauceome]

A lot of people, due to a lack of a negative react, will use "funny" to indicate that they're laughing at someone's post, which if they really are disagreeing with them, is just giving them a positive reputation. I can think of some users specifically who have a higher rating due to saying a lot of bullshit and getting laughed at

[Oshino Shinobu]

5 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

A lot of people, due to a lack of a negative react, will use "funny" to indicate that they're laughing at someone's post, which if they really are disagreeing with them, is just giving them a positive reputation. I can think of some users specifically who have a higher rating due to saying a lot of bullshit and getting laughed at

To be fair, I've used the "Informative" reaction ironically as well. For example, on a thread where the post gives no information at all. 

[For Science!]

You can also divide the reputation by the post count to calculate the junk speech ratio

[Oshino Shinobu]

Just now, For Science! said:

You can also divide the reputation by the post count to calculate the junk speech ratio

Doesn't quite work though, as Off-Topic doesn't give post counts but a lot of threads have users that use the react feature a lot. 

[Origami Cactus]

Hmm, i wonder if there are some specific users that sparked this debate. 

 

Spoiler

 

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

1 hour ago, Origami Cactus said:

Hmm, i wonder if there are some specific users that sparked this debate. 

i won't name any names, but it will help with users who are trolling or spreading misinformation. 

[Origami Cactus]

2 minutes ago, Twilight said:

i won't name any names, but it will help with users who are trolling or spreading misinformation. 

I agree. There are also some users who spam the forum, they reply to any topic, even if they have no idea about the topic at hand, and just post totally unhelpful comments because of it. They may have joined less than a year ago, but they may already have more posts than even you, and if that is true it may be a bit spammy.

[flibberdipper]

Too bad this idea requires people actually mark their topics as solved, which they very rarely do, and policing that to make sure people do so is quite honestly a waste of time.

 

Good idea on paper, awful in execution.

[Zando_]

5 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

Too bad this idea requires people actually mark their topics as solved, which they very rarely do, and policing that to make sure people do so is quite honestly a waste of time.

 

Good idea on paper, awful in execution.

Not to mention I sometimes use the informative reaction sarcastically, aka it's surprising to know someone believes something so dumb. So this'd inadvertently censor we sarcastic bitches... 

[spartaman64]

if they are clearly trolling you can report them

[colonel_mortis]

I'm not sure what difference this would make to be honest. Post count isn't a perfect metric, but it does only count posts in the tech-related sections of the forum. Displaying the number of informative reactions would give an indication of how often people thought someone was informative, but it can be very easily affected by a few posts that get a large number of reactions and isn't restricted to tech (informative reactions in status updates and off topic would count towards it, and that isn't something that could be changed).

 

It is an interesting idea, but I'm not certain that it would be a change entirely for the better.