New community and kudos

Looks like the new community platform has had a really positive impact on the amount of kudos being given ( through those reactions). I think that’s really g...

stephenpperry · 2019-09-28T14:40:12+00:00

Looks like the new community platform has had a really positive impact on the amount of kudos being given ( through those reactions). I think that’s really g...

New community and kudos

johnrooney80

I like the reaction kudo system, wish we could still post in colour though, as Block Dark Text is boring 👋
See wottah Mean Jean

keithctaylor

johnrooney80
Hey John, don't feel BLUE.
You can do it once you have RED the instructions

I don't know if it's anywhere on giffgaff. But I searched for Flarum text colour.
Thanks for prompting me to take a look. Because I now realise there's a lot more to this simple editor than meets the eye 👍️

sally2000

johnrooney80
Agree with you totally.👌

keithctaylor

See https://bbcode.org/examples/?id=6 for how to do this.

johnrooney80

Thanks loads keithctaylor
I'll need pen + pad to jot down codes!

richybhoy36

stephenpperry Hi there yup I think it's a better way to show your appreciation as there's more options to chose from !

bobrobinson

stephenpperry
Hiya.
Yep i like the reactions better than the old kudos. And yes i have noticed the increase in gaffers rewarding reactions . Its great to see.
All the best Bob 😄

stephenpperry

bobrobinson it’s great isn’t it! I wonder if they’ll keep adding more!

bobrobinson

stephenpperry

stephenpperry bobrobinson it’s great isn’t it! I wonder if they’ll keep adding more!

Hiya. I hope so as i think we need a sad face one and maybe an applaud one. We will wait and see.
All the best Bob. 😄

jesi23

stephenpperry I wonder if they’ll keep adding more!

I think for the moment they are just keeping to the six: we started with more (positive and negative including a bunny rabbit and a tomato) on the initial preview site in August, and it was whittled down to the six varied reactions, none deemed as ‘negative’ but including a range of emotions for different situations. It does seem to encourage more responses, doesn’t it?

We’re on Preview Site mark 2 (started beginning of October) if any one else wants to see what is being worked on. 🤡

keithctaylor

bobrobinson my sad face reaction was just a joke. Cos it's always a pleasure to read your comments 👏

keithctaylor

bobrobinson
Also, I just checked with that Interweb thingy and according to https://discuss.flarum.org/d/6542-reactions-by-reflar
Reactions are easy to customise by the admin. So I guess it's a matter of reaching a concensus on what is going to be useful.

bobrobinson

keithctaylor

keithctaylor my sad face reaction was just a joke. Cos it's always a pleasure to read your comments 👏

Awww thankyou for your kind words. Why i think we need a sad face one is there is some posts that are sad and i think a sad face at the end of a post will show how you feel for the op.
All the best Bob

keithctaylor

bobrobinson Why i think we need a sad face one is there is some posts that are sad and i think a sad face at the end of a post will show how you feel for the op.

But I thought that was what the one between the thumb and the heart is for??

bobrobinson

keithctaylor

keithctaylor But I thought that was what the one between the thumb and the heart is for??

No thas a sticking out your tonge award. ( i think a sort of told you so thing ) 😆
All the best Bob

davkw

yvonnearmstrong I don't get it ... What exactly is the NEW PLATFORM? THE DAFT STUPID EMOTICONS?

harrrrrry

davkw

The "new" platform is a couple of months old now and means the forum which uses different software to previously.

mandy_ede

I think the new kudo system is good but there should be more of them to choose from eg a downward thumb if the reader doesn't like something

keithctaylor

mandy_ede the giffgaff way of disagreements is to politely post an opposing view without leaving a reaction. Personally, I think that's the best way to make conversation on forums and in life.

stephenpperry

mandy_ede they could make more that’s true. I wonder if they’ll test that out at some point. I guess it always needs a reply though to to make sure the person can reply properly and understand why the thumbs down matters haha.

stephenpperry

mandy_ede I guess you can always use emoji in your messages now too if a kudos doesn’t quite express your feelings. ❣️

ijustcantdoit

Very happy with our new forum stephenpperry

supa_nh

NO to thumbs down emotion,
not nice as some people will use it just for fun and to be mean,

sally2000

supa_nh
True..
I gotta say.. I'm rather torn on this point..🙃🤪🤔🤔🤔🤔