Pip hos unite!

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:16 am

Some of the other boards I frequent have the ability to give feedback or "pips" to others for useful, insightful or just plain funny posts and comments, and I thought this might be a fun addition to the boards here. Just floating the balloon to see if it flies...

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:27 pm

That sounds like an awesome idea for improving my WGA Experience!! Very Happy

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:01 pm

ok, i'm not big with forums and what forums i am in, are simple like this one, and all i do is post.. what exactly is a "Pip" and whats the difference then just posting a reply? i'm now confused.. could you explain a little bit more?

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:54 pm

a Pip is just giving someone Props for Good things, or Funny Posts, or whatever the Person giving the Pip Feels necessary...

So, I guess I won't get any!!!!!!

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:43 pm

so why not just make a post???

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:44 am

Okay Linds, it goes this way. At the bottom of a post, it will give you the opportunity to click a button that will give a feedback point, or a pip. Then in your little sidebar with your avatar you'll have a stat bar showing your feeback score. Just a silly way of showing who's active and who's providing structure to the conversations. A post counter pretty much does the same thing, but doesn't have the "fun factor".

Soooo.... If you made me laugh, or gave me something to chew on, I may give you positive feedback other than a post. Gives the lurkers something to do, and it's anonymous for those who don't want to speak up. Usually when you give a pip you can type a quick line of text explaining why, only visible to the poster.

Interesting?

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:27 am

ok, yea thats interesting! seems like it would be fun!

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:18 am

OK then, let's put it to a vote. All in favor say Aye! Or is it I? Or is it Eye? Very Happy

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:38 pm

E, I, E, I OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:34 pm

Team Honeybunnies wrote:

Some of the other boards I frequent have the ability to give feedback or "pips" to others for useful, insightful or just plain funny posts and comments, and I thought this might be a fun addition to the boards here. Just floating the balloon to see if it flies...

I read your title and I thought this was about Gladys Knight and the Pips groupies..... Embarassed

Balloon flies fine when Diana Ross sings about it... Shocked

Maybe my moniker can be Gladys Knight and the Pip Rolling Eyes

Enough Already... Twisted Evil

Pip Pip Ho - ray!

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:24 pm

I belong to a hunting site that gives karma points, positive or negative. It is my belief is that all it does is makes it a popularity contest.

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:53 am

cheezehead wrote:

I belong to a hunting site that gives karma points, positive or negative. It is my belief is that all it does is makes it a popularity contest.

Good point, I change my vote to nay. Or is it nea? Or even na? Very Happy

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:31 am

Sounds easy enough to implement... so you'd click a button or something on someone's post, and then you could give a pip/karma point/thumbs up or thumbs down, and optionally enter a comment that only the original poster could see?

Would there be some sort of limit on how many pips you could give in a day/week? And a limitation on how many you could give to one individual?

cheezehead wrote:

I belong to a hunting site that gives karma points, positive or negative. It is my belief is that all it does is makes it a popularity contest.

Would there be any benefit to having this feature and NOT displaying someone's "score"? I would think you could always PM some to give them a thumbs up/pip/or karma point, but it may not be as convenient...

Looks like the new version of phpBB has a feature along these lines called "Friends and Foes". If you mark someone as a friend, all their posts are specially marked and appear in a special Friends section. If you mark someone as a foe, their posts are not displayed to you at all. You can optionally make the "Friends and Foes" information public... so you could see how many friends and foes an individual has.

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:36 pm

Jeremy wrote:

Looks like the new version of phpBB has a feature along these lines called "Friends and Foes". If you mark someone as a friend, all their posts are specially marked and appear in a special Friends section. If you mark someone as a foe, their posts are not displayed to you at all. You can optionally make the "Friends and Foes" information public... so you could see how many friends and foes an individual has.

I'd vote "no" on adding that feature. I successfully graduated from junior high school a long time ago and feel no need to return.

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:27 pm

Maybe I'm just dense, but I don't see the point. I vote "ne".