I like the change!

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I was arguing for keeping the no votes visible as I wanted to see the yes/no ratio rather than just the raw yes value. I wasn't suggesting that only the percentage summary should be shown, though I can see that it could come across that way. I expressed myself badly there, my apologies.

As has already been said 1/1, doesn't really tell you a lot as the sample isn't large enough, but a 20/20 (which is still split down the middle) shows that there's a good deal of contention on the subject. The raw numbers are indeed important as they give weight to the ratio.

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At least the straight question is clear. I've occasionally wondered how thanks were generated, and never noticed the blue thumb!

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Excellent point. I stand corrected. I tend to forget that, while we are on the 'net, we are a community of members, unlike other sites that allow random votes from 'fly-by' visitors.

Cheers

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As a note, you currently need more than one post to be able to vote on posts. We may change that number in the future, but we have no plans to allowed non-members to vote. Thanks again for the feedback - keep it coming.

--jeremy

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Thanks might be for someone's best interest, but the overall post or answer might not be considered helpful.

Someone else might be curt or blunt, but the post could be helpful for many more people. Rather than helped, what about tech-tip worthy, and yes I know I'm borrowing from the LJ people.

People helping me in the Python forums have been helpful, sometimes brusque, but what they've posted would be IMHO book-example worthy.

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Are the LQ search results currently perceived to be poor / less than optimal? This seems like a system to (attempt to) solve a problem, and I am curious about what that problem is exactly.

I'm not strongly in favor of or opposed to the idea. It does seem like the lower right panel is beginning to get cluttered up (visually), though.

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I'm tacking on some more thoughts.. From the perspective of a poster, if I see a helpful post, do I reply with an appreciative note, click the blue thumb, or click the "yes"? Would blue thumb clicks carry as much weight as "yes, I found this helpful" clicks in search results?

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To clarify, improving the search was not the impetus for this BETA feature being added to LQ (but I do think that long term the search does need to be improved).

--jeremy

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Thanks for clarifying.

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There, I just did all three. I see some ambiguity and redundancy here. My opinion is that this new feature, if implemented, may render the blue thumb obsolete.

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One more note from me and then I'll keep quiet for awhile. After thinking this through some more, I like the idea of an anonymous "I found this helpful (or not)" rather than a "thank you" button that identifies the thanker.

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small bug- the "Members of LinuxQuestions.org have rated post 3768515 as the most helpful. Skip right to it!" doesn't need to go after the first post of every page, just after the first post of the thread.

TG

woah, is there any logic to this? I just saw it appear right at the bottom of my post, what is the logic to how it is displayed?

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Out of curiousity, if you reload the page, is it normal?

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That's not a bug. What if you come directly to the 3rd page of a thread, via a search engine or external link?

I noticed that once with the QRB too. We'll look into it.

--jeremy

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Agreed, and while the "Thanks" count was fun, I think the new post rating will be a lot more useful overall for LQ.

Very true... Quite often I enter a thread/discussion via the "last page" link on the main forum. Great idea.

Cheers

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Hi,

First: I have been against these additions from the start (I'm not going to repeat my objections, see the thumbs threads if you are interested).

With this "is/n't helpful" addition the screen is getting messier and even less space is left for the important stuff. It is probably clear that I do not want this addition.

I do hope that if we absolutely must have these additions that either of the 2 is removed completely.

Again: Just my 2c.

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