Improving forum participation

[Moondog55]

I try not to give too many "Opinions" but try and make my advice or comments pertinent { although like every-one I can go off the rails sometimes] and often view without posting if I have no direct experience or if a answer isn't found in my library

[jford]

Other forums I've used degenerate when there's too many people posting and much of what's said is dross. I prefer to learn from others and post when I actually have something to contribute. Sometimes I contribute then discover that someone else knows far more than I do about a topic, then feel like a goose.

The more you learn the less you know...

J.

[Taurë-rana]

I don't know if the forum software has the facility for this - but maybe there should be an "I agree" flag or something so you could read a response and see "xx people agree with this post".

I agree, I keep looking for a like button under individual posts rather than just a thread.

I post when I have something useful to contribute (IMHO), or when I want to argue or agree with something so strongly that I can't remain silent. Or when I want to know something.

[walkinTas]

There is a like button at the bottom of each topic - but topic level only. SoB originally tried to add these to every post, but it slowed the forum down way to much.

This mod sounds a bit like what you are looking for. You'd have to talk to Matt and the Admin team to get a change made.

[wayno]

yeah but that only adds the like to a persons facebook page if they have one, you cant see a no of likes on the actual thread

[PeterJ]

..... So, how do we get people to chat a bit more? ......

Gee I have trouble keeping up with the volume now, I don't want any more.

Peter

[Onestepmore]

I don't know if the forum software has the facility for this - but maybe there should be an "I agree" flag or something so you could read a response and see "xx people agree with this post".

I agree, I keep looking for a like button under individual posts rather than just a thread.

*ticks 'like' button*
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[north-north-west]

I'm with Hallu on this - quality is more important than quantity.
(from someone who's posted an awful lot of rubbish)

[wayno]

[Moondog55]

Continuing to post on Facebook may help, but we walkers are such a small percentage of the population that perhaps we should ask for government assistance as a persecuted minority