This is just a quick and simple request. A lot of people read threads, however they never comment on them. They have a 1/300 replies/views. This idea is simply to give the option in the Ideas and Feature Request forum to allow someone to make an anonymous vote on the thread whether they support or don't support an idea. I think it would make way more people vote than the ones who are currently replying to the thread. For example, when ATA created a poll thousands on people voted, yet maybe only 100 different people actually posted on the thread. Edit: Another example is Titan_God's thread that he just created with a poll, way more poll submissions than replies. We also know that this Poll thing has been able to be used by some players already, and it definitely works. So, support, or no support?
I support this! phpBB has modifications that allow for an upvote/downvote system. I think that it's implementation could clean up the game forum (enough downvotes would hide the post) and also allow for the developers to see how the community feels about things. This is an implementation that does not require much work on their part and could be added to the game fairly easily without distracting from other updates. Once again, support.
You say that like there's enough troll alts to make a difference. If you are talking about burying a thread they can simply just raise the requirement beyond reason.
Any poll is only as good as the topic allows and the those who vote. Being direct is good as long as the ppl voting r genuine vs derailing etc. It does not by any means prove a good sampling of the KaWmunity. Wish it were different but its not the case most often. Statless alts voting and many who avoid forums due to disinterest or silliness hardly gives an accurate count. Summary: any poll is taken with a grain of salt
What if we could like or dislike each post on a thread? The post could have some kind of counter, and the most liked 9 posts could be bumped to the first page of the thread. I don't know just an idea.
Maybe eventually that would be nice, but it hasn't been coded yet so it would take time. What I'm proposing has already been coded, but not implemented. And it would take a very long time since ATA doesn't exactly code the forums.
Support. But do you know of Phpbb having this function for us to utilize? Been a while since I reviewed them. Would be good if so.
Forums have the capability. I really want it to happen, but it's not my call. Until then, Titan_God is creating his own polls which are nice to have as well.