About likes and rep

[Guest]

Do you guys think that with the change in forum software, giving out rep/likes increased?

I, at least, have been giving out much more than before software change. 

What about you? Are you giving out more likes? Any theories on why that happened?

Edited June 19, 2016 by Guest

[mythbusters844]

Yeah, I guess?

Edited June 19, 2016 by mythbusters844

[Red Iron Crown]

I think people are giving out more, seeing as the bar is much lower (it's only one click now, used to be two with some onus to write a message with it). And I guess a "Like this" button is less ambiguous to new users than the old star icon button for giving rep comments.

Personally, I am giving fewer. I would often rep posts I disagreed with if they were well-reasoned and argued, and I'd say as much in the comment. Now if I like a post it is strongly implied that I agree with what it says, and worse, that perceived agreement is public so everyone who reads it thinks I agree.

I really miss rep comments, probably more than any other feature of vB.

[Robotengineer]

I think the ease of giving it has also made it a bit less of a marker of how well known/liked you are. In threads with a very positive vibe (like the Hype train or the SpaceX reusability thread after a successful F9 landing) people tend to give lots of rep.