! - Pending response from author (questions about movie or techniques used)
Hmm, why do you need another vote option for that when you can just wait and not vote? :)
Xkeeper wrote:
...another feature would be to add a small icon denoting what the user voted in each post by the sidebar or something to make it easier, and also noting how many voted and didn't post.
AFAIK, that is not possible in phpBB. Something like IPB is required, I think.
This is why we have modifications to board engines. I should know, as Acmlmboard is fairly often hacked and I happen to be the only developer of it now...
Also, on the "why have an author-question vote" -- makes it easier for authors of movies to check if there's a question waiting for them, instead of sifting through the potentially large number of posts since their last visit, and also allows publishers/judges to know that there's a question pending (and to see if it's valid and could delay publishing; e.g., finding a better route, etc)
(note: I use 'hacked' to denote changes in the public version by other users, not 'hacking' (e.g. deleting forum, unauthorized edits, etc) -- most of the exploits were patched a while ago, so hacking has been considerably rare anymore)
Is it possible to make phpbb force you to post when you vote?
That might help the situation a bit if everyone was required to say why they voted yes/no/meh (although most people do it voluntarily now). This could also potentially cut down on anonymous/lurker-style abuses of the voting system.
Is it possible to make phpbb force you to post when you vote?
That might help the situation a bit if everyone was required to say why they voted yes/no/meh (although most people do it voluntarily now). This could also potentially cut down on anonymous/lurker-style abuses of the voting system.
Simply only include the voting doodlidad on the new reply page, and make the New Reply form also act like voting at the same time.
Also not terribly hard, but again I've only worked with AcmlmBoards.
>Is it possible to make phpbb force you to post when you vote?
Bad idea. Most people vote yes or no for the same reasons as everybody else who voted so. We don't need 20 "Yes: this movie was entertaining" posts for every submission. It makes it harder to find the posts where someone actually has something new and relevant to say.
Yes, it is, but the single unexplained no-vote tend to go ignored by the judges anyway.
Touche.
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Of course, there's always the people who go around voting "Yes" to every movie, as well... I usually, when figuring out how well a submission is doing, is tend to value posts more than unexplained votes, and then detailed posts (e.g., what was wrong/what was perfect, extra commentary) even higher.
