- Jan 8, 2011
- 22,454
Discussed and Voted by Staff - Like system being deactivated next month.
Since the beginning malwaretips.com Forum, our members have been using the Like system for showing appreciation to useful or helpful posts, and a very good alternate to posting "Thanks" or "Ok".
However, over the past several months, we (Staff) have noticed an increase of spam-like posts to harvest Likes amongst members, to boost their profile points and received likes.
Examples for Cheating/Abusing the Like system as follows:
We have been heavily discussing about whether the Like system should remain on malwaretips.com or be completely disabled. We have considered all the Pros and Cons of this system prior to making this final decision, via a vote amongst Staff members only.
Only active Staff members had the right to vote which includes @Jack @Huracan @MrXidus @BoraMurdar @exterminator20 .
Outcome
The majority of votes were: 'For the removal of the Likes system'.
What Happens Next?
As much as we enjoyed having this system for our members, it's really unfortunate that some members decided to abused and cheat the system for their own personal gain.
Once the Like system/plugin has been disabled. All members, including Staff members and Trusted members will have no Likes Given or Received. We will remove these from the Profile pages and on the boards.
We will still utilise the Reputation system which is currently only allowed by Admins (Jack, Huracan) and Super Moderators (MrXidus, exterminator20, BoraMurdar), which can be given to regular members.
Thank you all for understanding.
- Huracan
- Jack
- MrXidus
- BoraMurdar
- Exterminator20
If you have any questions, please click here to contact us privately.
Since the beginning malwaretips.com Forum, our members have been using the Like system for showing appreciation to useful or helpful posts, and a very good alternate to posting "Thanks" or "Ok".
However, over the past several months, we (Staff) have noticed an increase of spam-like posts to harvest Likes amongst members, to boost their profile points and received likes.
Examples for Cheating/Abusing the Like system as follows:
- Asking for Likes (publicly or privately over PM - which has been reported to us)
- Non-meaningful replies (with one word, emojis or images)
- Post-padding in certain sub-forums (copy and paste tactic)
We have been heavily discussing about whether the Like system should remain on malwaretips.com or be completely disabled. We have considered all the Pros and Cons of this system prior to making this final decision, via a vote amongst Staff members only.
Only active Staff members had the right to vote which includes @Jack @Huracan @MrXidus @BoraMurdar @exterminator20 .
Outcome
The majority of votes were: 'For the removal of the Likes system'.
What Happens Next?
As much as we enjoyed having this system for our members, it's really unfortunate that some members decided to abused and cheat the system for their own personal gain.
Once the Like system/plugin has been disabled. All members, including Staff members and Trusted members will have no Likes Given or Received. We will remove these from the Profile pages and on the boards.
We will still utilise the Reputation system which is currently only allowed by Admins (Jack, Huracan) and Super Moderators (MrXidus, exterminator20, BoraMurdar), which can be given to regular members.
Thank you all for understanding.
- Huracan
- Jack
- MrXidus
- BoraMurdar
- Exterminator20
If you have any questions, please click here to contact us privately.