⭐ Merited by LoyceV (4)
This isn't something that bothers me, but with the little controversy about votes vs merits in the pizza voting, I thought: what if it were possible for the OP to activate/deactivate the possibility of giving merits in his topic?
Well, when I brought the idea up in my "Disable merits in WO" thread, I remember you had this to say about it:
It would be completely unfair to block an area of the forum from merits, harming users who make a clear effort to write good content for the community.
Its one thread -- one thread in one child board of one subsection of the entire forum.
You're just helping me!
Which makes it even more difficult, technically speaking, to make a topic not capable of receiving merit. I don't know if you know programming, but the way the software works would require major changes for this to be done. It's one thing to configure a board for this limitation, another is a specific topic.
Furthermore, this could set a dangerous precedent where whenever the subject of a topic was bothersome, the merits would be disabled. Someone is very dangerous that line of reasoning.
Sounds like its a difficult change to make.
I'm for it, just like there's an option to lock a topic or disable its smileys. I can't think of an example for its usefulness right off the bat, other than the WO thread, which was already extremely popular before the invention of merits.
You're right... I was going against my own idea. I apologize for that.
Sometimes we hear so many controversies - often meaningless - that we end up thinking about something, without really thinking about it.
Based on the feedback, my idea, and based on my own feedback: I take it back! It really doesn't make sense to suggest this kind of situation. The community must learn to deal with these issues without any more "imposed" rules. Common sense must be used by all stakeholders when things that make less sense arise.
I'm sorry for bothering you with these thoughts, sometimes without thinking!
