Brought about by this post (http://www.digitalphotographer.com.ph/forum/showpost.php?p=54774&postcount=27) and other post related to that matter, I have thought of making this thread.

Back when I was so much into warez, I was a moderator of a warez forum. Anyway, as the forum grew, it was noticeable that many posts are becoming inane and was cluttering most of the threads good for discussions. Specially from a board that needs an X amount of postcount to make a request.

The Thank you button was implemented.


It was a gif image, like this http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/4001/thanksob0.gif that is place above the thread. When clicked, will place a thank you note underneath the original posters post, like this
http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/7088/tytr1.jpg

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/7844/thankyoubuttondz9.jpg

Now, DPP is vBulletin Version 3.5.4 and I have yet to see a hack/mod on these kind of boards [ours is phpbb] but I know, a little google-fu will yield results =)
Here's one: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showmods.php

Certainly a work for the admin but this will surely lessen if not eliminate the short replies.

Just an idea.

My apologies for the screenshot of my post, it's late here and im getting sleepy :)

That or use the thread-rating feature. Thanks for the suggestion, I hope the mods look into this.

Also, perhaps, the number of posts and titles (DPP Junior, DPP Senior, etc) should be eliminated or hidden to avoid post padding. Just my two cents.

HA! I think we need more than "THANK YOU" buttons to prevent padding

Or we just ban using one liner phrases like "nice shot", "great shot", "thank you", etc. :). Its better to read why the post or image is nice , why it's great, how to make it nicer, steps in making that shot and steps in improving it.

nice idea :D

There are hacks that prevent a user from posting an X amount of characters on a post. This of course are for those really short ones.

There is also a report post function. When clicked, notifies a moderator via post in the hidden section of the boards or via PM.
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=128998

There is a warning hack, where a warning given by a mod is visibly seen above the users avatar.

I am not familiar with vBulletin so I cannot say if these features are going to be modifications or is already built-in on the system
Anyway, it's out in the open. There are ways to achieve what the admins want [if things get out of hand] It'll take a lot of time and coding though.

The best way here, is for us to police ourselves.

convenient button...:Grin: