[iHateMemphiz]

Seems to me that they mean little without the possibility to vote in the opposite.
So, why not a negative vote?

[nickr]

Oh dear have I offended someone again? LOL.

I guess because positivity is being encouraged.

[iHateMemphiz]

Naww, u didn't offend me .. well, not yet .. so the challenge is thrown down

[h.udo]

Because some members abused the negative voting?

[Kib]

Only because some users cared about reputation we left it in.
I'm pretty sure none of the entire team cares or looks at his/hers or other people's reputation.

Negative reputation is disabled because we don't want to promote a negative atmosphere. This is not reddit where you upvote and downvote people based on your opinion. This is a site where you can give a person a little plus-nudge to tell them you liked what they said in a certain post.

I would like to get rid of reputation alltogether, but add something like a 'this post solved my issue'-button which can only be used by the thread starter. In that situation that could then give the solver a +1. To me that would make sense much more, as it would promote people who actively help users on the forum.

[natethomas]

Only because some users cared about reputation we left it in.
I'm pretty sure none of the entire team cares or looks at his/hers or other people's reputation.

Negative reputation is disabled because we don't want to promote a negative atmosphere. This is not reddit where you upvote and downvote people based on your opinion. This is a site where you can give a person a little plus-nudge to tell them you liked what they said in a certain post.

I would like to get rid of reputation alltogether, but add something like a 'this post solved my issue'-button which can only be used by the thread starter. In that situation that could then give the solver a +1. To me that would make sense much more, as it would promote people who actively help users on the forum.

+1

[Hitcher]

To me it's a 'Thank you' button.

[Ned Scott]

To me it's a 'Thank you' button. :grin:

This. I've even suggested changing the text on the button from [+/-] to [+ 1], [Thank you], [Thank this user], etc.

Personally, I most often use it when someone says something funny, so I'm technically abusing the positive :D

[Kib]

Have you suggested this? Err, we can do that I guess, but see my post above on what I'd rather do.

[Ned Scott]

I like that idea even more, but I just figured in the meantime it would make sense to not have the button say "+/-" when it can only "+" :)

[Kib]

First someone needs to design a new button

[da-anda]

Kib, it's plain HTML + CSS, so only a template change required - or probably even only a language string - need to check later.

[Piers]

To me it's a 'Thank you' button.

+1

[teeedubb]

The +/- button is cryptic, something like what XDA has would be good - a 'thank user for this post' button and instead of reputation you have 'thanks received'. I don't really care about the numbers but being thanked for helping is always nice.

[nickr]

The +/- button is cryptic, something like what XDA has would be good - a 'thank user for this post' button and instead of reputation you have 'thanks received'. I don't really care about the numbers but being thanked for helping is always nice.

Yep, despite my .sig, the thanks are what counts. I often get people with too few posts to give a rating asking me where the +/- button is. I regard that as a thank you in itself and it is always enough.