blablablahello wrote:

Hearts would be more vague, and therefore be more flexible, for example, on the suggestions forums, it could mean “I support”, which would prevent many spam, while on the HwS forums, it could mean "read that and it helps"

IceCreamTub wrote:

I feel like this feature should be restricted to suggestions, show and tell, n requests since those topics are usually meant to be permanent

You should be able to select if you'd want things to be sorted from newest or most hearted
Newest being the default

Sliverus wrote:

cookieclickerer33 wrote:

also another thing, why ban asking for hearts? its not like they do anything, they are puely visual

That is precisely why I disagree with banning the phrase. It’s like banning users asking for loves on a project, or followers, or attention — in the right places, it can be fine. Also, I think that it should be a little more lax on the forums. Just like how we can say Discord, automodmute, and suicide (in the right contexts, of course), it is useful for asking questions about Scratch and particularly that feature of the forums.

I do see a few flaws with this idea, though:

• While it may encourage more constructive replies, it will also encourage an idea that foruming is like a popularity contest, and that you need to attain the most hearts in order to win this contest. You could also describe it as a ballot box. That goes against the fundamental ideas of the forums. It’s a space meant for helping people.
  

• I dont see r3ddit users asking for upvotes.

Crow_Boy08 wrote:

Sliverus wrote:

cookieclickerer33 wrote:

also another thing, why ban asking for hearts? its not like they do anything, they are puely visual

That is precisely why I disagree with banning the phrase. It’s like banning users asking for loves on a project, or followers, or attention — in the right places, it can be fine. Also, I think that it should be a little more lax on the forums. Just like how we can say Discord, automodmute, and suicide (in the right contexts, of course), it is useful for asking questions about Scratch and particularly that feature of the forums.

I do see a few flaws with this idea, though:

• While it may encourage more constructive replies, it will also encourage an idea that foruming is like a popularity contest, and that you need to attain the most hearts in order to win this contest. You could also describe it as a ballot box. That goes against the fundamental ideas of the forums. It’s a space meant for helping people.
  

I dont see r3ddit users asking for upvotes.

PGBFLITE6373 wrote:

Crow_Boy08 wrote:

Sliverus wrote:

cookieclickerer33 wrote:

also another thing, why ban asking for hearts? its not like they do anything, they are puely visual

That is precisely why I disagree with banning the phrase. It’s like banning users asking for loves on a project, or followers, or attention — in the right places, it can be fine. Also, I think that it should be a little more lax on the forums. Just like how we can say Discord, automodmute, and suicide (in the right contexts, of course), it is useful for asking questions about Scratch and particularly that feature of the forums.

I do see a few flaws with this idea, though:

• While it may encourage more constructive replies, it will also encourage an idea that foruming is like a popularity contest, and that you need to attain the most hearts in order to win this contest. You could also describe it as a ballot box. That goes against the fundamental ideas of the forums. It’s a space meant for helping people.
  

I dont see r3ddit users asking for upvotes.

Well, your on the wrong subred.
I could see this. However, I feel it should be private. Such a feature feels more of a bookmark then anything. However, if we also had a fav feature we could the heart a public thing.
Edit: close your tags

7salad3salad wrote:

PGBFLITE6373 wrote:

Crow_Boy08 wrote:

Sliverus wrote:

cookieclickerer33 wrote:

also another thing, why ban asking for hearts? its not like they do anything, they are puely visual

That is precisely why I disagree with banning the phrase. It’s like banning users asking for loves on a project, or followers, or attention — in the right places, it can be fine. Also, I think that it should be a little more lax on the forums. Just like how we can say Discord, automodmute, and suicide (in the right contexts, of course), it is useful for asking questions about Scratch and particularly that feature of the forums.

I do see a few flaws with this idea, though:

• While it may encourage more constructive replies, it will also encourage an idea that foruming is like a popularity contest, and that you need to attain the most hearts in order to win this contest. You could also describe it as a ballot box. That goes against the fundamental ideas of the forums. It’s a space meant for helping people.
  

I dont see r3ddit users asking for upvotes.

Well, your on the wrong subred.
I could see this. However, I feel it should be private. Such a feature feels more of a bookmark then anything. However, if we also had a fav feature we could the heart a public thing.
Edit: close your tags

I haven't seen a single redsocialmediauser ask for upvotes.

7salad3salad wrote:

I haven't seen a single redsocialmediauser ask for upvotes.

randomguy3513 wrote:

This actually may just stop some people from just saying “support” and nothing else so this actually may be a good solution to that.

Sliverus wrote:

randomguy3513 wrote:

This actually may just stop some people from just saying “support” and nothing else so this actually may be a good solution to that.

I mentioned earlier that while that is true, I also feel like the funniest posts will get more hearts than what are arguably more constructive posts. While funny posts are good, I feel like these hearts will encourage people to go too far, and everyone will focus more on making it a meme than helping. I think a better alternative would to change it to a “This helped!” button or something along those lines.

Mryellowdoggy wrote:

No support because then the forums will just turn into a thing about fame

cookieclickerer33 wrote:

Maybe you could also sort posts by hearts, most recent, and the current one

This would also be nice if it was added to the api

 GET api.scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/00000/?page=1#post-0000000/countheats/ 

capybara256 wrote:

dont show of its not of good

YtArie5 wrote:

capybara256 wrote:

dont show of its not of good

????

capybara256 wrote:

YtArie5 wrote:

capybara256 wrote:

dont show of its not of good

????

its show off api program

capybara256 wrote:

YtArie5 wrote:

capybara256 wrote:

dont show of its not of good

????

its show off api program

blablablahello wrote:

That does make sense, however, a “This helped!” button would be too specific (like in the suggestions forum),