how them +1s work?
If you are talking about the +1 to the right of posts people can click it if they like a post to give it a good rating.
The rest I’m not sure what you mean.
A star means there was a lot of +1’s clicked for that post. Underscore means, that it’s a lot not only on the thread scale, but on the whole forum scale as well (or wasn’t that the other way around? i can never remember).
Remember, remember, 15th of November
A star means there was a lot of +1’s clicked for that post. Underscore means, that it’s a lot not only on the thread scale, but on the whole forum scale as well (or wasn’t that the other way around? i can never remember).
I’m aware that they are supposed to represent some amount of +1s each
Here is a snippet from the forum update notes about the +1 system.
...there are two levels of popularity, categorized “popular” and “very popular”.Currently these are indicated by a thumbs-up icon that appears next to the +1 button. If a post is very popular, the thumbs-up earns a star that appears within said icon.
Our future plans include updating these indicators to something more visually striking. Until then, this is how you will know if a post has achieved popular status.
There are also two levels in which posts are gauged for popularity, on a per-thread basis and forum-wide. Forum-wide popularity takes into account +1s from within a set time period across the forum. Per-thread popularity takes into account all +1s in a thread. Visually, a forum-wide popular post will have a red underline beneath the thumbs-up icon.
The original post can be found at https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Updates-to-the-Forum-1-System/first#post1393636.
(edited by XarOneZeroNine.2374)
There are also two levels in which posts are gauged for popularity, on a per-thread basis and forum-wide. Forum-wide popularity takes into account +1s from within a set time period across the forum. Per-thread popularity takes into account all +1s in a thread. Visually, a forum-wide popular post will have a red underline beneath the thumbs-up icon.
what’s the point of that?:O
What do you mean? What’s the point of noting that the post is not only important in the thread it’s in, but important for the forum community in general? I thought it would be self-explanatory.
Remember, remember, 15th of November
I would just assume a red underscore means an Anet exployee upvoted it for lulz.
…kinda like in this thread…
There are also two levels in which posts are gauged for popularity, on a per-thread basis and forum-wide. Forum-wide popularity takes into account +1s from within a set time period across the forum. Per-thread popularity takes into account all +1s in a thread. Visually, a forum-wide popular post will have a red underline beneath the thumbs-up icon.
what’s the point of that?:O
I have to wonder about this, as well. How can a post be popular forum-wide? Does one not have to enter the specific thread to up-vote the post? Am I missing something here? Please explain, if you would be so kind. =)
It usually means that it is a popular post in a popular thread. Yes, it means it is also popular within that thread.
Remember, remember, 15th of November
What do you mean? What’s the point of noting that the post is not only important in the thread it’s in, but important for the forum community in general? I thought it would be self-explanatory.
why the added, seemingly redundant complexity when you can just count the upvotes and assign more tiers to the post? as in thumbs up/star thumbs up/underscore thumbs up/star underscore thumbs up
Hmm…I wonder what the criteria is then. How many posts before a thread becomes popular, and thus makes any popular post popular forum-wide? That’s the underline thing, right? How can you get an underline without having a star? This thread has a post with an underline (and no star), but it doesn’t seem especially popular forum-wide. The post isn’t popular within the thread, but IS popular forum-wide? I still don’t understand how it works.