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Nick H
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Re: New look

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I'm not seeing thumbs up in the reviews section, either. This is one of the places it is most needed.

People write reviews, people read them, but feel they don't have anything to add --- the original reviewer feels neglected.

vasanthakokilam
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Re: New look

Post by vasanthakokilam »

True, Nick. it is available only for the 'General Discussion' sub-forum. Let us if we can change that.

srkris
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Re: New look

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I didn't realize I hadn't enabled it for the other sections. Now enabled for all (except the Members Lounge and the next 3 sections)

vasanthakokilam
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Re: New look

Post by vasanthakokilam »

The reputation system is slowly beginning to take shape and from the growing usage, albeit still small in total quantity, we can infer that people are finding it to be a worthwhile feature.

A tip: You can 'like' older posts as well. Say, in case you searched for something and found that post to be worth while, like away. I just tried it. I went back to 2006 and 'like'd a post. That member has not logged in for more than year and it will be a pleasant surprise to him if he ever comes back :) There have been some great posts by our fellow members over the years that need to be in the rasikas.org hall of fame. I am already thinking of a few which I need to search, find and like. After some time passes when enough reputation scores build up, we can see if we can provide a report of the top 100 posts in the over all forum and in each sub-forum

We do hear often from people that they stumbled upon great information in our site. Indeed, there is a lot of great content accumulated over the years and it is not easy to find them. May be this reputation system is one way to unearth them. We will see how it develops.

Nick H
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Re: New look

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Good. Even though I like the idea it still takes time to get used to it being there.

srkris
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Re: New look

Post by srkris »

Images are now automatically resized to a maximum of 800*600 size within posts. Also there is a "zoom-in" button at the extreme top left of each photo (if you need to view it full-size), see below:

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cienu
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Re: New look

Post by cienu »

Thank you Srkris and VK :)
The new features are great and I particulary like the auto resizing of pictures..

Nick H
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Re: New look

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Nice to see ongoing development and improvement. Thank you, skris, for your continuing dedication to the forum :)

Mystery! Where was that sample photo taken?

srkris
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Nick H
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Re: New look

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Thanks!

Nice-looking hall :)

venkatakailasam
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Re: New look

Post by venkatakailasam »

Shri vk...

I feel that reputation is not linked to likes..

as " likes" are likely to be subjective in most cases..

Please consider delinking....

Nick H
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Re: New look

Post by Nick H »

There isn't really an objective measure of "reputation" as such. There is nothing else to click, and I suspect that if there were, the clicks would be just as subjective. Whilst some members are, for instance, acclaimed artists with obvious reputations, some of our members are rather quiet about being absolute giants in the music/sabha/rasika world --- and some of us don't even discover that for years, sometimes, perhaps, never.

In this instance, it could be said to be one of those redefined words. In the context of the forum, what does reputation mean? It means the number of times a member's posts have been liked. This is not, really, in accordance with dictionary or real-life meaning, but it is an internet-forum usage. But it could be better, clearer, more accurate.

Some forums have "reputation, some forums have "like," some have "Thanks." Some of the latter have "Number of times thanked." My suggestion here is to change the label: not reputation, but Number of times thanked, Or just Thanks, as space is limited. This might make for less ambiguity and better understanding.

Ponbhairavi
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Re: New look

Post by Ponbhairavi »

or "appreciated"

arasi
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Re: New look

Post by arasi »

Nick and Ponbhairavi,
Agreed. Reputation is a word which is complex in meaning. Since individual posts are being acknowledged, and no more, 'Reputation' sits rather heavily in that corner of the posts (figuratively, of course!).

I like both 'Thanks' and 'Appreciated', which say exactly how we feel when we see an apt post. No more, no less. 'Like' is widely used and is simple enough to understand, of course...

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Re: New look

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Changed 'reputation' to 'likes' as suggested.

It's just that whoever wrote the code for it decided for whatever reason to name the feature as 'reputation'

Nick H
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Re: New look

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Thanks :)

I thought it would have been the default. One of those internet words!

Ponbhairavi
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Re: New look

Post by Ponbhairavi »

or the word " credit"

venkatakailasam
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Re: New look

Post by venkatakailasam »

credit seems to be more appropriate..

Nick H
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Re: New look

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credit sounds like finance!

Pratyaksham Bala
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Re: New look

Post by Pratyaksham Bala »

I like 'like' like many others.

VK RAMAN
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Re: New look

Post by VK RAMAN »

"like" is better expression; unless the person posting looks for credit in what he/she posts.

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