Level 75
I have posted some guides on laravel. My way of looking at it is, I do things that needs to be done I don't need praise or a pat on the back.
But I'm old school first learned programming dbase 3 in the late 80's in the AF.
Nov 20, 2018
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Level 5
Request: Allow users to "like" threads on the discussion forum.
As it stands, if you like what someone shared but have nothing to add and nothing to ask, there's no way to express that beyond leaving an inane "Thanks!" comment. This discourages users from posting original content like guides, as they are less likely to receive feedback about their guide especially if it is merely informative and doesn't contain much of anything meriting further discussion.
Although maybe that's by design? Now looking at things it kind of feels like part of the forum is setup to be a purely "questions and answers" sort of thing. On the left sidebar your posts are called "My Questions" and posts are sorted between "Solved" and "Unsolved."
At the same time though there are categories for "Guides" and "Tips"--are those meant to be questions about already existing guides and tips? Or are they meant to be for sharing your own guides and tips? And if so how does that fall into the question/answer paradigm?
Level 67
I've asked for this feature as well in the Feedback channel.
Level 5
@JLRDW - It isn't about getting a pat on the back, it's about getting feedback about whether or not your post was perceived as being a decent contribution to the community and whether or not it reached anyone.
It's less a matter of, "I want someone to say thanks" and more a matter of "I don't want to feel like my contribution is getting lost in the void."
Having likes on such a post also helps new learners evaluate the quality of a guide. A new learner is more likely to be attracted to a guide that has a lot of likes as opposed to a guide that has no outward indicators of its quality.
Level 75
Yes and no. As example I saw one thread where is a user had completely set up their laravel insecure on shared hosting.
As I remember it had quite a few replies most of which pointed the user in the wrong direction, one of the wrong answers was actually marked as best answer.
It me and Snapey that tried to explain to put main laravel above public_html.
But the user would not even listen, I even posted pictures of the correct folder structure and everything.
You have to remember this is a forum where many uses may answer but many of times may not have the correct answer but it could sound so great.
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