+jimandjoanne 12 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Not sure if this is the right place for this, but anyway, Over the years I have come across some very fun, creative logs and I was wondering if we could have some way of recognizing them, kinda like on facebook a thumbs up or something. 2 1 2 Quote Link to post
+HHL 662 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 (edited) This is still available in some countries ( e.g. in Norway and Canada). Hans Edited December 2, 2020 by HHL Quote Link to post
+IceColdUK 1051 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 11 minutes ago, jimandjoanne said: Not sure if this is the right place for this, but anyway, Over the years I have come across some very fun, creative logs and I was wondering if we could have some way of recognizing them, kinda like on facebook a thumbs up or something. As Hans says, 'Great Story' and 'Helpful' options are being trialled in Norway and Canada. Here's an earlier thread... 1 Quote Link to post
+cerberus1 3356 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 1 hour ago, jimandjoanne said: Over the years I have come across some very fun, creative logs and I was wondering if we could have some way of recognizing them, kinda like on facebook a thumbs up or something. As others said, this is being tested in certain countries. If threads are any indication, it doesn't seem most really like the idea, so it'll probably be approved . 2 6 Quote Link to post
+SamLowrey 186 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 2 hours ago, cerberus1 said: As others said, this is being tested in certain countries. If threads are any indication, it doesn't seem most really like the idea, so it'll probably be approved . Thanks for the thread. 2 Quote Link to post
+humboldt flier 81 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 23 hours ago, cerberus1 said: As others said, this is being tested in certain countries. If threads are any indication, it doesn't seem most really like the idea, so it'll probably be approved . Ohhhhhhhh ... naughty, naughty, naughty. 1 Quote Link to post
+jimandjoanne 12 Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 Well I have read some of the other thread and I guess it's being looked at, not in the way I was thinking through. I was just looking for some way for the cache owner to show there appreciation for a creative log, not necessarily everyone getting to rate it. Quote Link to post
+cerberus1 3356 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, jimandjoanne said: I was just looking for some way for the cache owner to show there appreciation for a creative log, not necessarily everyone getting to rate it. If you want to tell someone you liked their log, email works... We do that all the time. You said in your OP "...kinda like on facebook a thumbs up or something", and that is rating it. Edited December 3, 2020 by cerberus1 3 Quote Link to post
+JL_HSTRE 590 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 On 12/2/2020 at 11:18 AM, cerberus1 said: If threads are any indication, it doesn't seem most really like the idea, so it'll probably be approved . Do the threads like anything? 3 Quote Link to post
+Clancy's Crew 45 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 23 minutes ago, JL_HSTRE said: Do the threads like anything? Yes, there does seem to be a rather, ah, "contrarian" feel to many of the threads... Did I state that politically correct enough? 3 1 Quote Link to post
+TmdAndGG 348 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 hour ago, JL_HSTRE said: Do the threads like anything? The threads like people wondering if the threads like anything Now, back on topic... Quote Link to post
+CAVinoGal 662 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 On 12/3/2020 at 10:54 AM, cerberus1 said: On 12/3/2020 at 10:47 AM, jimandjoanne said: I was just looking for some way for the cache owner to show there appreciation for a creative log, not necessarily everyone getting to rate it. If you want to tell someone you liked their log, email works... We do that all the time. +1 - if your intent is for the CO to show appreciation to the writer of a log, a message or email will do that. It's happened to me (CO messages me with thanks for a helpful log or glad that I enjoyed their cache, etc.) and I, as a CO, have also contacted finders when I liked their write up. It's a bonus when you meet each other at an event, and can talk about each others' caches in person (which hasn't happened in a loooooong time, and I miss the interaction). Back on topic - a personal note is more direct if you want to show appreciation to the finder who wrote the log. Unless I go back to visit a previous find and read other logs, I'd have no way of knowing if the CO marked my log for "appreciation". 1 Quote Link to post
+fbingha 105 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) I would like to see such features added to the cache page. Remember, this is a small forum and the opinions expressed here may not reflect opinions of those who do not utilize these forums. Edited December 7, 2020 by fbingha 1 1 Quote Link to post
+RocTheCacheBox 208 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Used to be people wrote creative and entertaining logs because - that's just what people did. Now we're discussing whether or not to "reward" what used to be a normal part of the activity. 4 1 2 Quote Link to post
+Pontiac_CZ 131 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Not sure whether these "FPs" will change that but usually it's lack of motivation that makes people stop doing something... Quote Link to post
+funkymunkyzone 534 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 On 12/4/2020 at 7:47 AM, jimandjoanne said: Well I have read some of the other thread and I guess it's being looked at, not in the way I was thinking through. I was just looking for some way for the cache owner to show there appreciation for a creative log, not necessarily everyone getting to rate it. Please, no, then it becomes a personal thing.... "why didn't you give me a like on that log I put on your cache" and then they don't bother writing anything more than TFTC next time. Basically it will become an additional task for every CO (who wants decent logs) to have to click like on every single log... until we then get another new feature: auto-like! lol Quote Link to post
+Viajero Perdido 884 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 41 minutes ago, funkymunkyzone said: Please, no, then it becomes a personal thing.... "why didn't you give me a like on that log I put on your cache" and then they don't bother writing anything more than TFTC next time. Basically it will become an additional task for every CO (who wants decent logs) to have to click like on every single log... until we then get another new feature: auto-like! lol I absolutely do not see this happening in Canada, where we have the feature. It's rarely used. But when it is used (in either direction), I really appreciate it. 3 1 1 Quote Link to post
+L0ne.R 1865 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 36 minutes ago, Viajero Perdido said: 1 hour ago, funkymunkyzone said: Please, no, then it becomes a personal thing.... "why didn't you give me a like on that log I put on your cache" and then they don't bother writing anything more than TFTC next time. Basically it will become an additional task for every CO (who wants decent logs) to have to click like on every single log... until we then get another new feature: auto-like! lol I absolutely do not see this happening in Canada, where we have the feature. It's rarely used. But when it is used (in either direction), I really appreciate it. I'm in Canada and agree. It's rarely used and not really of much use. 1 Quote Link to post
+funkymunkyzone 534 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 5 hours ago, Viajero Perdido said: I absolutely do not see this happening in Canada, where we have the feature. It's rarely used. But when it is used (in either direction), I really appreciate it. Please at least read what I was responding to. Quote Link to post
+JL_HSTRE 590 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 19 hours ago, RocTheCacheBox said: Used to be people wrote creative and entertaining logs because - that's just what people did. Now we're discussing whether or not to "reward" what used to be a normal part of the activity Marking a log as "interesting" or "helpful" helps the log stand out to third parties reading the logs than it rewards the person who wrote the log. 1 Quote Link to post
+hzoi 1613 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) I wish that Canada and Norway were using this feature more. I'd like to see it in use outside of those areas. I own one Norwegian cache. I have voted for a few "Great story" logs. So far only one other vote has ever been cast for "Great story." And the log with a sole vote for "Most helpful" is, well, not so helpful. Quote Found with [other cacher] while taking a tour by private boat photo forthcoming I don't get it. Edited December 12, 2020 by hzoi 3 1 Quote Link to post
+funkymunkyzone 534 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 1:53 PM, L0ne.R said: I'm in Canada and agree. It's rarely used and not really of much use. Except that just like @Viajero Perdido you didn't read the quote I was responding to. The feature I said "Please, no" to, is NOT AT ALL what you have in Canada or Norway. What I was responding to is this, below (bolding is mine): On 12/4/2020 at 7:47 AM, jimandjoanne said: Well I have read some of the other thread and I guess it's being looked at, not in the way I was thinking through. I was just looking for some way for the cache owner to show there appreciation for a creative log, not necessarily everyone getting to rate it. So yeah, please no, let's not have a like button just for the CO, so that every logger gets to feel like the cache owner does not appreciate their logs because the cache owner did not click like on it. 2 Quote Link to post
+jimandjoanne 12 Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 After reading that last one from funkymunkyzone, I don't think my thought is all that good, he hit the nail right on the head, some folks would feel left out. Guess I was trying to take the lazy way out with a button to push, a little note to the cacher sounds like the way to go. Thanks everyone for your thoughts on this. Jim 3 1 Quote Link to post
+BendSinister 53 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 That's an extremely tepid variety of "folks feeling left out" though. I mean, the "Let's Write More Than The Bare Minimum In Our Logs" club is surely an exceedingly easy club to join. (I desperately want what Norway and Canada have presently.) 2 Quote Link to post
+Lynx Humble 448 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 39 minutes ago, BendSinister said: (I desperately want what Norway and Canada have presently.) Hum this feature isn't on the app so it's utterly useless when I am in the field looking at logs. I never use this feature because it's website only. 1 Quote Link to post
+Goldenwattle 1669 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, Lynx Humble said: it's website only. That's where usually the best logs are written; on the website. There are exceptions, but as a general rule that's the case. Look at all the TFTC, etc, since smart phones. Quote Link to post
+Viajero Perdido 884 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 The website is a book club. The app is YouTube. 1 Quote Link to post
+thebruce0 2509 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 On 12/7/2020 at 1:47 PM, RocTheCacheBox said: Now we're discussing whether or not to "reward" what used to be a normal part of the activity. Well now we also have a very very much higher rate of uninformative, uninteresting, irrelevant, and indirectly insulting logs on geocaches in general (aka more noise than signal). On 12/7/2020 at 7:13 PM, Viajero Perdido said: I absolutely do not see this happening in Canada, where we have the feature. It's rarely used. But when it is used (in either direction), I really appreciate it. Ditto. I've used it a handful of times, usually if I remember if I'm reading logs and if I see one that stands out. I've scrolled to check out the ratings also a handful of times. Since the feature was implemented. Rarely used, but very appreciated when used. On 12/17/2020 at 9:49 PM, Lynx Humble said: On 12/17/2020 at 9:07 PM, BendSinister said: (I desperately want what Norway and Canada have presently.) Hum this feature isn't on the app so it's utterly useless when I am in the field looking at logs. I never use this feature because it's website only. It's also in Cachly. It is odd that it's not in HQ's official app. 1 Quote Link to post
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