About rule 18

Absolutely agree with you @born2day! Thank you for bringing this to the table.

I think @bholenath made an interesting suggestion, kinda like: Why not adding one more button to give a "Thank you!" or "Acknowledged!" to sb? Maybe even the option to collect those points earn some status this way?

 

I agree with him as well! Imagine if, say Twitterremoved the ability to like a comment, and you could only like posts. That would be strange and unfair, yeah? It helps build to the community sense of this forum! I think it should stay

 

"like"

Yeah, what one finds useful, another may deem dumb or of no significance. I don't know what serves to define the best solution - but there is potential for great imbalance ultimately. Those who post acceptable content can see their Likes grow exponentially (esp if posting consistent and well-within their financial comfort)

Now the other side of the coin is a financially-strapped individual who has few, if any, resources to post (keep in mind that this site has a MASSIVE amount of material in its library, making it all the harder to obtain anything fresh(er))

If followed to the letter - the easiest option from newcomers' POVs would simply pay for sub (if one is comfortable in so doing) and then grabbing a glut of material [as to that you are referring as above] - this does, in effect, erode a sense of what this place appears to be (at least on the surface). It's an evolution of temperate opinions that drive a forum forward.

 

What about members who have earned 'No Limit'? Does this still apply?