'Was this a helpful post' Yes/No

[SengIV]

This has probably been brought up before. I searched for helpful button and didnt get any answers. So.

You have probably seen on many websites, to name one: Fandango.

'Was this review useful to you? Yes/No'

Now if we had these under each post someone makes, it could cut down on spam. If someone comes in to make a good post, people agree, they click yes. If it was a post like 'thank you' 'great guide' which are not really useful to the topic, you would get a no.

It would look like this:

http://www.indeed.com/forum/job/art-director/05390c183c137e18767d4501

There is a great example of what I mean by the helpful comment button.

Now I know some are going to say that it would be friends say yes for friends, enemies say no for enemies. But what harm is done by clicking a yes and no? It could really help make it easier on mods too. If you get enough no's in one thread then it becomes a 'spam thread'. Spam threads already get locked, but say a certain number of nos are made in a thread, the mods get an email about it. They check it out and see if it is spam or not.

It already seems that the 'Rate a thread' is mainly used for people who want their guides to stand out, so why not have 'rate a post'.

If it gets shot down, oh well just a thought.

[Tussell]

How about, if it was anything but helpful, just report it for spam?

ezpz

[Bax x360a]

I can gauruntee Minty will come in here and say if somebody thinks it's helpful and wants to make a comment then they'll PM the person who made it :p

[The Pants Party]

You answered your own question when you mentioned what I like to call the "douchebag" factor. If say our friend Bax here was in a bad mood, he could make a fake second account and rate every single thread on the forum a "no" and royally mess things up.

As with all these types of things (many different variations have been suggested before), we can not police it without making a lot more work for ourselves, nor can we guard against people just voting like you said for friends or enemies.

[J O 12 D]

Is he not on about the reviews that are posted on the main page?
Like if someone personally thinks the review will help them make a decision they will click yes/no depending on what they think.
Also, brings me to my old suggestion of reporting spam in the news section! :p

[Minty]

I can gauruntee Minty will come in here and say if somebody thinks it's helpful and wants to make a comment then they'll PM the person who made it :p

http://www.poke-post.com/images/Delta/61_Ditto.jpg

Plus add the 'Old boys club' affect as well...