overscan said:
Changed to "Kudos", negative voting disabled. You must have posted at least once to add to poster's Kudos.
Where is this? I do not see any "kudos" option.
My comment on this poll: to some extent, it can be perceived as putting pressure on people to post "something". (Hopefully it is not the intent, but it can feel this way.) And in my opinion that would be most unproductive. The last thing we need it more worthless comments cluttering the valuable ones.
I'd almost go to the other side, ie discouraging some of the current comments. Most posters here being well-mannered, we already have rather many posts saying only "
Thank you my dear Soandso". IMO those could be done via PM rather than clutter the boards. Or be bundled with the thanker's next post, even if that means a little wait.
(on the other hand, those same comments nurture the delicious erudite polite and friendly atmosphere of the board, and that has value)
It's all a matter of taste, ofc, between the chatty and the taciturn. I definitely prefer to encourage the latter. To use Evan's wording, if you have nothing to say, then please don't say it!
In the same vein, when a poster errs on the mindless babbling side (plus borderline bullsh..ting and trolling as it happened), I would not mind if the moderator gently prodded for more restraint.
Not that the damage was bad yet, but the said atmosphere is worth protecting.