I already miss the +/- system

I'm kind of sad that we dont have the ability to give posts plus/minuses anymore, though i can understand why they are gone (abusive stalkers cough cough). I hope that someday they'll come back in some shape or form. It was a good way to identify which users were being stupid or inflammatory. Anyone else going to miss the old system.

What will we do to SmugDarkLoser now!?!?!

Oh, shit, it is gone.   Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuumb.  I really liked it.  I felt special whenever I got a +1 on my posts.

I agree, they should bring it back.

[ + ]

Guess I'll actually have to post to give a post a positive vote.

I guess that makes it +2. Also, I feel the same about the person who said it makes you feel special when you get some +1s on a post. It makes you feel as if you aren't actually an idiot and that you said something intelligent.

"JJOR64 said:

"Oh, shit, it is gone.   Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuumb.  I really liked it.  I felt special whenever I got a +1 on my posts."

Exactly, this was always nice. maybe they could just bring the +1s back? ignore -1s?"

I just noticed they are gone. Hmm, I have mixed feelings about it.

The problem is that now they'll just be tonnes more of the

"This"

Replies now. It's encouraging one word posts.

"The problem is that now they'll just be tonnes more of the"This"Replies now. It's encouraging one word posts."

Copying this from Coonce's blog on the new Karma System found here!

Pro tip:
If you enjoyed a post or topic made by someone, send them a wall comment and express that gratitude via a short message. Or reply to their topic with a comment stating you enjoyed their earlier reply or whatever :)

If the +/- system was still around I'd give the OP a - for missing the crappy feature.

I think it's a horrible and worthless feature that only hurts internet communities.  I've been on other forums that used them for a time and they never last long because the feature is dumb and horrible.

ALL HAIL OUR NEW LACK OF DUMB FEATURES!

I could see you going around, reading every topic and obsessively giving them +/- 1's. Silly AgentJ.

Getting +1 on my posts were the highlights of my days. Without them, I will fall into a deep depression without the acknowledgment of how awesome my posts are...

Yeah, I kinda miss it as well. The minus was a bit overused, but I never saw the problem with the pluses. And I won't give a wall comment everytime someone says something funny that I think deserved a +1.

Arkthemaniac said:

"What will we do to SmugDarkLoser now!?!?!"                                                                                                                   +1

"Yeah, I kinda miss it as well. The minus was a bit overused, but I never saw the problem with the pluses. And I won't give a wall comment everytime someone says something funny that I think deserved a +1.

Arkthemaniac said:

"What will we do to SmugDarkLoser now!?!?!"                                                                                                                   +1

This is how I feel."

I never even noticed it was gone but now I'm sad. I loved giving people +1 and receiving +1 made me happy.

I don't, glad to see a new alternative.

"I don't, glad to see a new alternative."

I think it may be better in the long run though. Honestly, the problem is that if someone was to +1 someone, others can just neg it back down to nothing. Although it may seem unnecessary to go out of the way to post on someone's wall that you liked a reply of theirs, I think it has more meaning, plus you get to know who liked your response instead of seeing just a random "+1." It also may promote more discussion. 

It's just going to take a little while to get used to it not being there anymore I think.

But now you can theoretically lose 10 karma for a single message and not be allowed to post on the site until the moderator says the message is okay. If I say "DDR is AWESOME" and 10 people dislike my post and mark it out of spite, I can't post until the moderator says that there's nothing wrong with liking DDR. Everyone else only loses 1 karma.

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But now you can theoretically lose 10 karma for a single message and not be allowed to post on the site until the moderator says the message is okay. If I say "DDR is AWESOME" and 10 people dislike my post and mark it out of spite, I can't post until the moderator says that there's nothing wrong with liking DDR. Everyone else only loses 1 karma.

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Didn't use it, didn't like it... but I always felt good when a post of mine got a positive rating.

I'll miss the system, but I can live without it.

Plus karma would be really nice.

It`s not all about the negatives, I love getting positives.

I really like the way you can give +/- on the Rooster Teeth forums. If you aren't familiar with that, you may want to check it out some time.

I never really used it in the first place. 

I think it should be back, too.  Having the flag option is good for actually taking care of questionable content, but +/- was fun and cool as a community mob rule way of letting each other know what posts we should see more of and what we should learn to ignore and not emulate.  I think there's no harm in bringing it back so long as the flagging option and the +/- option are separate entities.

They should just have a [+] & [-] without any moderator applications.  That way we can tell people what we think of their posts.  How will I let WilliamLBaker (or whatever his name is) that I don't care if he doesn't like the Wii?

"The problem is that now they'll just be tonnes more of the"This"Replies now. It's encouraging one word posts."

"I think it should be back, too.  Having the flag option is good for actually taking care of questionable content, but +/- was fun and cool as a community mob rule way of letting each other know what posts we should see more of and what we should learn to ignore and not emulate.  I think there's no harm in bringing it back so long as the flagging option and the +/- option are separate entities."

I guess people were being abussive. I think the idea of leaving only the positive ones could help.

they could have the +/- system non-binding, just for funzes and then the new system for actually reporting bad posts

Does this mean that Walrus cant give my replies -1 :D woooop

I always felt special when I got (-)s, now how will I feel special?
damn you, Mr. roger's!!! I'm not special afterall!!!!!

here smug! (-1)

there ya go! You are special, short bus special

If they do bring it back, I hope they make it so it will show how many positives and negatives it has, rather than changing just one number. 

"The problem is that now they'll just be tonnes more of the"This"Replies now. It's encouraging one word posts."

I seriously just went to +1 you and it wasn't there.

Goddamnit

Yeah, the feeling I have is that "flagging" is okay, I just would like a positive implementation as well. I loved getting +1 on my posts. It made me feel special, lol. Seriously though, it was a nice touch and I would like to see them revise this system with some form of that.

"brukaoru said:

"If they do bring it back, I hope they make it so it will show how many positives and negatives it has, rather than changing just one number.  "

Explain a little better. I dont get it."

Ah, I see. that would have been nice with the old system.