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Thomo  
#1 Posted : 25 February 2015 10:58:05(UTC)
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Thomo

Who thinks we should have an agree / disagree button and the ability to edit our posts?
walker  
#2 Posted : 25 February 2015 11:19:11(UTC)
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walker

We have been asking for those features for over 10 years. to my knowledge.
grim72  
#3 Posted : 25 February 2015 11:28:17(UTC)
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grim72

cough spell cough checker cough cough (shhh whisper it quietly) :-)
Sunstone  
#4 Posted : 25 February 2015 11:36:41(UTC)
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Scotty C

Eadit button. See what I mean.........?
Sunstone  
#5 Posted : 25 February 2015 11:37:28(UTC)
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Scotty C

In answer to the OP - yes. Yes, I do. If there was an 'agree' button on your post, I would've clicked it.
ExDeeps  
#6 Posted : 25 February 2015 11:58:00(UTC)
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ExDeeps

A "Like" Button - No
A Spill Chucker - Yes

BUT, be careful what you wish for. More functionality on the forum platform will cost more in terms of licensing, managing and all the other ongoing costs associated with IT paraphanalia.

So, all in all, it's a simple platform that does enough to achieve the aim of a forum for discussing safety issues; More cost will either result in membership fees going up or some other member service being cut,

So, lets just leave it as it is,

Jim
walker  
#7 Posted : 25 February 2015 12:02:40(UTC)
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walker

Jim,

There is a spell checker

Its an edit button we want
Would save lots of bad temper and misunderstandings but as I say 10 years+ and counting
PIKEMAN  
#8 Posted : 25 February 2015 12:31:38(UTC)
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PIKEMAN

And the ability to attach / upload docs, photos etc
ExDeeps  
#9 Posted : 25 February 2015 13:26:55(UTC)
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ExDeeps

Walker,

OK, accepted, there is a spill chucker and you would like a nedit button. You don't aknowledge the thrust of my comment re more cost though.

P'raps a comment along the lines of I would like an Edit button and I'm willing to fund it through my membership to the tune of £0:00 per month? Once enough people commit to paying it can be funded?

Or, p'raps instead of funding it ourselves, or seeing a reduction in other services, the platform should become self funding by allowing advertising to polute the margins etc?

Just sayin'

Jim
Steve Granger  
#10 Posted : 25 February 2015 13:35:53(UTC)
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Steve Granger

Dex Pees - write on.

I two want anerd hit button.

Or would this constitute violation of forum rules?
Ian Bell  
#11 Posted : 25 February 2015 13:40:32(UTC)
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Ian Bell

To be able to respond directly to a comment, underneath it rather than having to add a new comment at the end of the thread.

Help with continuity of a thread instead of other side tracked/irrelevant points in a discussion.

If you look at most newspaper comments sections, they work this way.
chris42  
#12 Posted : 25 February 2015 13:53:53(UTC)
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chris42

Steve Granger wrote:
Dex Pees - write on.

I two want anerd hit button.

Or would this constitute violation of forum rules?



I always thought that general perception was we are all nerds on here, and as such we are allowed to beat ourselves up as much as we like about what have / should have done.

I guess the counter argument would be we check what we write before we post and we are a little forgiving for the odd typo.

Chris
walker  
#13 Posted : 25 February 2015 14:09:05(UTC)
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walker

Jim,

If you are concerned about where your membership fees are being spent I'd urge you to check out the CEOs salary. Its buried in the accounts they send us, but hope we do not read.
I predict this post will not last the afternoon ;-)
ExDeeps  
#14 Posted : 25 February 2015 14:25:04(UTC)
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ExDeeps

walker wrote:
Jim,

If you are concerned about where your membership fees are being spent I'd urge you to check out the CEOs salary. Its buried in the accounts they send us, but hope we do not read.
I predict this post will not last the afternoon ;-)


Entertaining, informative and witty, all in one post. I think this is the way forward. Maybe a scorecard button for each post. This one gets 10/10 for all three categories.

I am willing to increase my membership by £0.001 per annum to fund this upgrade ;-)

Jim
jay  
#15 Posted : 25 February 2015 15:17:25(UTC)
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jay

I very much doubt that the renumerrations of IOSH personnel paid above a threshold is delibrately buried in the IOSH accounts. It is a standard format--one can view accounts of other charities on the Charity Commission website and the format is similar.

Also, the CEO renumeration is not excessive. It is comparable to the CEO/equivalent of British Safety Council & RosPA.
Ian Bell  
#16 Posted : 25 February 2015 15:34:02(UTC)
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Ian Bell

Jay, I take it your are the IOSH CEO, with that comment?

IOSH a charity? You are having a laugh.... its an old boys club. Funny handshakes etc
ashleywillson  
#17 Posted : 25 February 2015 15:51:14(UTC)
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ashleywillson

I don't think an agree or like button is worth it. This isn't facebook and it may encourage laziness (i.e. not posting and therefore not fostering discussion). What happens if you agree with part of a post but not another part of it? All of sudden it becomes redundant.

The matters we discuss on here are not "I had chicken for dinner" (like facebook!) but are the nuances of legislation and law that is designed to protect people and businesses.

Now, an edit function on the other hand...... that's a different sotry.... I'll take 2! ;)
Tigers  
#18 Posted : 26 February 2015 11:47:54(UTC)
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Tigers

Its not Friday but.........

Eye halve a spelling chequer

It came with my pea sea

It plainly marques four my revue

Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word

And weight four it two say

Weather eye am wrong oar write

It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid

It nose bee fore two long

And eye can put the error rite

Its rarely ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it

I am shore your pleased two no

Its letter perfect in it's weigh

My chequer tolled me sew.
Thomo  
#19 Posted : 26 February 2015 13:57:43(UTC)
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Thomo

What makes you think this isn’t like facebook? Read most of the remarks off thread and most just daft.
A while back someone asked a question and then questioned why he only got one reply his answer was the reply was correct and there was no agree button to hit for others.
ashleywillson  
#20 Posted : 26 February 2015 14:24:36(UTC)
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ashleywillson

So what stopped anyone posting something like, "I agree with JoeBloggs".

Having a disagree button will not foster discussion at all. People will click it and you get no discussion. The point of this forum can be to find best practice and that will come from people having differing opinions. I think anything that may reduce or remove the chance of someone sharing their opinion should not be used, simple!

I really don't see the need for the facebook-esque agree/disagree like/dislike options, but that is my opinion and of course others will differ.

And this really isn't like facebook.... If your suggesting that you ask for advice on H&S related information and interpretation of laws to your facebook mates then aside from barking up the wrong tree I think your friends list may begin to shrink just a little bit!!!

I jest (sort of...) but I really think that this forum serves a very different service to being able to like your mates status'!
RayRapp  
#21 Posted : 26 February 2015 15:02:38(UTC)
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RayRapp

I have already posted my comments on the members' forum. However as there are now two threads the same:

I would like to agree, but feel I must disagree. The reason why I disagree is twofold, first, it could lead to negativity or worse if someone simply hit a disagree button without any comment. Furthermore, it could stifle debate. There are many grey areas in our industry and very few black and white.

I have no objection to a 'like' button, smiley avatar or something similar.


chris42  
#22 Posted : 26 February 2015 16:44:57(UTC)
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chris42

If you have an edit button and use it to correct typos etc ok, but what if you completely change the post. Would that not make the following posts read out of context. Making those posters potentially look stupid ?

Chris
Alan Haynes  
#23 Posted : 26 February 2015 17:17:59(UTC)
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Alan Haynes

Chris42 wrote:
................what if you completely change the post. Would that not make the following posts read out of context. Making those posters potentially look stupid ?

Chris


Totally agree - this happened on another site that I use - nearly killed off the forums, as confusion reigned when the meaning of old postings were totally changed

The answer possibly is an edit facility that is limited to [say] 5 or 10 minutes after the posting was made
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