Comments + Voting + ...of the week

1. Comments + Voting + ...of the week

   #1

   email exchange since I was at work today....
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   Had a some thoughts about the In Work or Help Me or whatever we are
   going to call them and comments in general.
   
   - The author of the submission will be able to identify helpful comments
   somehow. Any Need Help submissions that get comments that are "blessed"
   by the submission author will get extra XP and maybe some other
   identification. These helpful comments could also be tracked separately
   for another type of recognition of members that help other members. A
   running tally board or something. Something like the level system with a
   status board of who has the most "blessing" or something. Might promote
   that feature a bit more and motivate people to do it.
   
   - Voted XP given in comments will be a larger bold type so that at a
   glance you can see who got comment kudos from people. Highlight that and
   maybe get it used a little more to reward comments. Author's vote should
   hold extra XP automatically on any comments on their submission. Give
   them a little extra power to thank comments. Maybe they can choose to
   give from 1 - 5Xp based on the helpfulness/usefulness of the comment.
   Author can vote on all comments under their submissions with no voting
   decrement.
   
   (I realize some of this may cause comment authors "Why did he get 2Xp
   and me only one" so not sure how to stop that from happening. The XP
   could maybe be invisible but the + number on the post would increment 1
   no matter what to show that it got a vote? And then the XP 1-5 would be
   invisibly added to the commenter's total XP.) The person had three +
   votes on his post (+3) but one of those was an author vote (5XP) so he
   got a total of 7XP on that comment so far.
   
   -Most popular of the day/week feature. A listing of the top 10 or so
   most viewed, highest rated, most comments, etc for the week. This list
   should gradually change as time goes and people hit certain submissions.

2. Re: Comments + Voting + ...of the week

   #2

   reply from manfred: guessing he won't mind me popping it in...
   
   Blessing sounds already good. Registering helpful comments by the author
   is very desirable, and counting them also separately... well, why not!
   
   Now I am not certain about the whole 1-5 interval... I wouldn't mind it,
   but don't want to make the interface too complicated. Too many options
   spoil the soup, or something. Plus we have to think of members, that
   will vote +5 on on every other comment of their subs... it could change
   things. A default (+3XP?) could be enough.
   
   And let's not forget about the negative vote - what about those?
   
   Will the 'Blessing' concept be married to this, ie the author gives a
   plus to a comment, and it is automatically Blessed?
   
   As for the total amount, we can
   a) hide any special XP - whatever amount it is - and be done with
   showing the author is happy
   b) show the total plus anyway. If folks like a comment, they will 'plus'
   it, even if the author doesn't/isn't around/has forgotten to. Author's
   plus will only make it bigger. Let's say there's three votes, one of
   them from the author (say +3) = +5 displayed. Looks decent enough, and
   might still come from other users.
   Author's vote itself will be hidden, as is the regular vote, and that
   will hopefully cut down on any political issues.

3. Re: Comments + Voting + ...of the week

   #3

   (Nope, don't mind it at all.)
   
   Anyone has more ideas on how to make the 'plus' votes more visible, and the appreciation of a submission's author in general?

4. Re: Comments + Voting + ...of the week

   #4

   I can see the plus votes just fine, but maybe make it so you can only give a "plus" or "minus" once, but its worth more points.  I hate using a whole vote for one extra XP point they probably won't notice.

5. Re: Comments + Voting + ...of the week

   #5

   You make a VERY valid point. They are definitely a balancing act that I am still not sure how to do. Will probably wing it when I start coding it and then we can change it once we start using it and see how it is being used.

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