Thank you

[Abry]

Can I suggest that, a post shouldn't be allowed to be sent if the word 'thanks', 'thx', 'like' or any string similar exist in it and the post length is less than 12 characters.

 

[Vision]

That's actually a nice suggestion Abry. I wonder if there's a mod for that in VB.

 

[The General]

Or just dont be lazy and report the post. Moderators have nothing better to do so :

 

[Cyndaquil]

Can I suggest that, a post shouldn't be allowed to be sent if the word 'thanks', 'thx', 'like' or any string similar exist in it and the post length is less than 12 characters.

So you are asking that any posts under 12 characters which consists of thanks, thx, like or such is banned?

 

[Lewis]

So you are asking that any posts under 12 characters which consists of thanks, thx, like or such is banned?

Can you not read?

 

[TechnoHotel]

That's actually a nice suggestion Abry. I wonder if there's a mod for that in VB.

This is available as standard in vB without a mod. It should be listed in post settings somewhere

 

[Abry]

Or just dont be lazy and report the post. Moderators have nothing better to do so :

I just don't think it's worth the effort for the reporter and the mod especially since this can be done already by an automated system. It doesn't need a rational mind to make such deduction. Not only that, but it also takes up space as another post in the reports log.

Here's a scenario; a new [release] thread with over 10 'thx great work~~!' posts. If you were a mod, would you bother sending all of them a warning message that next time they should use the like feature instead? Of course you would do, that's your job, but you would also feel that what you did was such a waste of time.

We're seeing the same scheme all the time.

So you are asking that any posts under 12 characters which consists of thanks, thx, like or such is banned?

Yes. Conditions may be changed, depending on anyone's suggestion.

 

[InMemory]

To be honest, there is a like button for a reason. I agree with OP

 

[Cyndaquil]

So instead of having easy tidy ups for people who say thanks, we now need to read an essay about why people say thanks.... I don't know. It may help it may not.

 

[Abry]

So instead of having easy tidy ups for people who say thanks, we now need to read an essay about why people say thanks.... I don't know. It may help it may not.

You're not getting the point. My suggestion would give people the choice to either simply use the like feature or post something contributive as possible.

 

[InMemory]

So instead of having easy tidy ups for people who say thanks, we now need to read an essay about why people say thanks.... I don't know. It may help it may not.

Like is almost as equal to thanks, so use the button?

 

[Cyndaquil]

You're not getting the point. My suggestion would give people the choice to either simply use the like feature or post something contributive as possible.

Nah I understood the point, but I am just saying there will be people who type out over 12 characters (agbewbgiwehogwnbeogiwheg) and then just put thanks, or are you wanting to block anyone from using the word thanks or any variation of the word?

 

[Abry]

Nah I understood the point, but I am just saying there will be people who type out over 12 characters (agbewbgiwehogwnbeogiwheg) and then just put thanks, or are you wanting to block anyone from using the word thanks or any variation of the word?

Why would they do such if they were already prompted to use the like feature (assuming they tried posting 'thanks' the first time and a prompt box appeared). But if they still do so, an infraction is as good, and I guess this would be a rare case.

 

[Cyndaquil]

Why would they do such if they were already prompted to use the like feature (assuming they tried posting 'thanks' the first time and a prompt box appeared). But if they still do so, an infraction is as good, and I guess this would be a rare case.

Because there are a lot of noobs in this forum which don't understand the idea of a like button. I've deleted plenty of posts to know ˆˆ

 

[2009x2014]

Because there are a lot of noobs in this forum which don't understand the idea of a like button. I've deleted plenty of posts to know ˆˆ

True.

 

[Lewis]

Because there are a lot of noobs in this forum which don't understand the idea of a like button. I've deleted plenty of posts to know ˆˆ

Why do you class a lot of users on this forums as 'noobs'? Surely that's very unprofessional.

 

[Madison]

Lets keep this on track, and not aim at each other-

There seems to be two parts to this idea:

1. Is it even possible? (Personally I'm not sure)

2. Is it a good idea? (Would it benefit users/moderators? How/why etc)

So lets stick to the topic please.

 

[Rein]

It's possible, I remember being on a vb forum where members are suppose to have a minimum of 10 characters in their post or else, they aren't allowed to submit their current post unless it met the requirements after. As for how and if its possible to identify variations of "thanks" and "like", that's beyond my knowledge.

Benefits: Save space, prompts users to use the like button feature, saves some of the trouble of have to report/warn (I guess? I don't know how many people make short posts in a day so... yeah.).
Downside: People can easily bypass it. I remember people adding "/10char" at the end of their short post to bypass the requirements of needing 10 characters.

 

[2009x2014]

if post length < (min char) & word ('thanks','thx','ty') found
return gtfo.

If vb doesn't support by default, well... dan is uber pro, he 'll do somth, if he approve ofc.

Not bad suggestion, but also not important that much, after all, it's just pixels and mods are h3r3 to clean the '$..'.

 

[Abry]

I guess? I don't know how many people make short posts in a day so... yeah.

http://forum.ragezone.com/search.php?searchid=1204183

According to the results of this search, on the past 24 hours, there have been ~175 posts with the word 'thank', assuming that 1/10 or 10% of the results are the spammy 'thank' posts, that's 17.5, so we could make an assumption that everyday, there's ~17 being posted. This does not include posts such as 'ty', 'great', 'nice', and other one-word post compliments where the 'like' feature was not used.