Saying 'Aye'

[vanwenger]

I'm a newbie, trying to find my way. I've noticed that several forum posts are followed by a notice in which members who've "said 'Aye'" to a post are listed, but I don't see any way to say 'Aye' myself. Is there some secret button to push? I've looked in the FAQs but see no information about how to do this. I've done an FAQ search for 'Aye' but all it found were instances of the word 'displayed'. I didn't find any reference to it in the 'How Do I..." forum. Is there some place with instructions that I'm missing?

[cessna152towser]

You should be able to say "Aye" by clicking on the word "Aye" at the bottom of the post, as I have done here with your post. If that's not working for you we'll have to ask our techies to look into it.

[vanwenger]

You should be able to say "Aye" by clicking on the word "Aye" at the bottom of the post, as I have done here with your post. If that's not working for you we'll have to ask our techies to look into it.

As far as I can tell, there's no word "Aye" at the bottom of the post. Here's a screen capture that shows what I get when I'm looking at a post using Firefox on my Mac:

[Jock Scot]

If I may also add, that you have to be "logged in" (well, I do anyway!)before the "aye" appears. I think I am also correct in saying that you only get 5 "ayes" a day.

[vanwenger]

Since I last posted, I'm now getting a little thumbs up symbol with the word 'Aye' next to it! This had never appeared before. Whatever you did, thank you! (Could it be that newbies don't get to say 'Aye' until they're past their 10-post requirement?)

[Jock Scot]

Since I last posted, I'm now getting a little thumbs up symbol with the word 'Aye' next to it! This had never appeared before. Whatever you did, thank you! (Could it be that newbies don't get to say 'Aye' until they're past their 10-post requirement?)

I have no idea, but as I used up ALL of my technical know-how in my last post, that would be no surprise to anyone!

[Aussie_Don]

I think that he has hit it on the head.
I also noticed that the "Aye" option only
appeared after I passed the 10 posts mark.

So it may just be something that newbys
don't have enabled.

Also, I beleive that this is a relatively new
feature in the forums -- and I suspect that
the date of creation of a thread has a bearing
on the presence or absence of the Aye button.


-Don

[BoldHighlander]

I think I am also correct in saying that you only get 5 "ayes" a day.

Steve, while we're at it could you clarify this point for me (& for everyone else)? The "Aye" button was added while I was offline for a period of time, so I might've missed any earlier announcement or details regarding its use, but as with Jock, I too notice that after about 5 "ayes" I cannot see/access that option for another 12 to 24 hours or so.

[CDNSushi]

Steve, while we're at it could you clarify this point for me (& for everyone else)? The "Aye" button was added while I was offline for a period of time, so I might've missed any earlier announcement or details regarding its use, but as with Jock, I too notice that after about 5 "ayes" I cannot see/access that option for another 12 to 24 hours or so.

I'm not Steve, but as a member of the mod team, I can probably help answer a couple of these...

The "aye" button was established as a direct response to a request for a "Like" button, in this thread: http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-button-79247/

It was called "Aye" instead of "Like" as it was felt that it would more accurately reflect the rabble and the culture of this site.

The use of the "aye" button is essentially the same as a "Like" or "plus-one" button you might see on a social networking site like Facebook, Google+, etc. If you want to show your agreement with a post without necessarily having to begin a new post of your own, you can show your agreement using "Aye."

The use of the "aye" button was indeed limited, because it really shouldn't be used as a substitute for making meaningful contributions to the community. It's a GOOD thing to encourage members to provide verbal feedback on posts and threads. That's what makes this place as popular as it is... It's the people. A simple "aye" is convenient, and sometimes it's apt to use it... But it's nicer, rather than just saying "I agree" to also point out why you might agree, or add a personal touch of your own to the post.

Anyway, I hope that helps clarify a little more about what it is, where it came from, and the intended usage...

JD

[Steve Ashton]

The 'aye' button should now be available to any member with at least 1 post.



I can also confirm that any member, even new members with less than 10 posts, may put a photo or other image into their posts. They may post a link to their images stored with an off-forum site such as photobucket or may insert an image directly from their computer using the 'insert image' button in the 'post reply' text window.



A small word of caution when using the 'insert image' button and posting an image from your home computer.

The images you see in posts are not actually stored within the database of the forum. With a forum this large it would require the storage of a huge amount of data. It would also make the forum run very slow.

What you are actually doing when you post an image, is posting a link to where ever the image is stored. Every time a page refreshes or someone looks at a post containing an image our software accesses the image and displays it for you.

It is unlikely, but possible, that some hacker could use this link to your home computer to access and gain control of your computer without your knowledge.

This would be similar to what is happening in India right now. India has become the world's larges source for spam. There are sites out there such as those that appear to offer free smiley faces to dress up your posts and instant messages. What these sites actually do is take over your computer and send electronic junk mail to everyone in your email address book.

So please be cautious. It may be a bit more work to upload your photos to somewhere like photobucket. But it is probably safer and wiser to do so.