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[Kalin]

And so it is ended. All of the remaining buttons rounded up, subdued, banished to the void. Former bros turned treacherous button cultists
now turned feeble cucks and prisoners of war. On the forum where scores of factions once struggled for dominance only the brofist remains.
The Codex has at last achieved the Unity of which the Master dreamed so long ago. One forum, under the brofist.

The buttons still live, of course, again beyond the barrier which has shielded them since the sun was young. Their accursed parade is banished
once more, but some of its ministers remain, bellowing, raving, attempting to rate their own posts in lonely threads and forgotten subforums.
Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise. Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the void, and decay spreads
over the tottering forums of men.

 

[Kev Inkline]

So Crispy built himself a top of the line computer in his place where elderly people are cheated computer shack which cannot handle the button parade, and because of that the buttons are removed.

A question remains, would you buy a computer from this man?

 

[Clockwork Knight]

A question remains, would you buy a computer from this man?

It is a mystery.

 

[oneself]

lol all libruls and faggots in general are celebrting, Now we know who was really butthurt with ratings.

Where did all the brofists go bro? All that hard work evaporated in a flash. Now your profile page is as barren as that of a newfag. FEELSBAD?

 

[Latelistener]

Finally.

 

[mondblut]

And yeah, the forum got much faster now.

 

[Iznaliu]

And yeah, the forum got much faster now.

Upgrade your computer. By the way, good things take time.

 

[mondblut]

And yeah, the forum got much faster now.

Upgrade your computer. By the way, good things take time.

My computer is doing just fine for every purpose, other than visiting forums ridden with button pride AIDS

 

[Goral]

jcd 1:1 Crispy
Overtime is needed.

 

[Don Peste]

Deus Vult.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

They can take our lives, our freedom, and our property, but they canna' take our buttons!

 

[Drew]

They can take our lives, our freedom, and our property, but they canna' take our buttons!

I think they already did.

 

[Bumvelcrow]

It is faster. I mourned briefly but have now got over it. Perhaps the shakes will start when I feel the urge to ironically rate someone's post 'citation needed' when they make a humourous statement, but for now I'm doing okay. Thank you Codex for caring.

 

[Helly]

Codexers are more interested in performance than in features and c&c. What a surprise.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Thanks, bookmarked.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Codexers are more interested in performance than in features and c&c. What a surprise.

When the feature detracts from the overall gaming experience, it has to go.

I celebrate the return to only Brofists, as the forums now run faster and smoother on all ends (check Crispy's stats about the server computer) and it forces forum users to communicate normally again, which I think is the biggest advantage.

In addition the removal of Brofists in the Politics forum changes the landscape there as well for the better... but as for their removal in GD I'm not so certain. Several threads there solely exist on the premises that appropriate content is posted and its value measured in Brofists (I don't consider them Brofist-harvesting threads as they require :effort: from the poster). This will go a long way towards killing them off entirely, which I'm not sure is a good thing.

Also I TOLD YOU SO.

 

[Dreed]

it forces forum users to communicate normally again

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Well...mostly normally again.

 

[SausageInYourFace]

forces forum users to communicate normally again,

Sorry, but that is not true or at the very least its cititation needed. People where able to respond to posts just fine and did so just as well and as frequently. I am not going to reply to any fluent post now just because I can't rate them prosper anymore. Just because an accurate rating exists doesn't prevent anyone from making a more detailed reply to it if he feels strongly enough about it.

Likewise, just because someone makes a reply doesn't actually help the quality of a discussion neccessarily, so I'd speculate that the abillity to rate actually cut down on a lot of white noise, because people could just click a button and rate something instead of making a whole 'you are shit and your opinion is shit' reply.

In addition the removal of Brofists in the Politics forum changes the landscape there as well for the better

True.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

forces forum users to communicate normally again,

Sorry, but that is not true or at the very least its cititation needed. People where able to respond to posts just fine and did so just as well and as frequently. I am not going to reply to any fluent post now just because I can't rate them prosper anymore. Just because an accurate rating exists doesn't prevent anyone from making a more detailed reply to it if he feels strongly enough about it.

Likewise, just because someone makes a reply doesn't actually help the quality of a discussion neccessarily, so I'd speculate that the abillity to rate actually cut down on a lot of white noise, because people could just click a button and rate something instead of making a whole 'you are shit and your opinion is shit' reply.

But this argument goes both ways. A 200-word reply consisting of nothing relevant can easily "equal" a stupid button rating in quality. The white noise is always there regardless of which system is used. And this is before we get to posters that just can't be bothered to write something as simple as "NO U" and prefer to comb through a long parade of buttons to convey their opinion (read: Millenials).

At least one system is easier on the forums and raises its standards. I know which one I'm happier with.

 

[SausageInYourFace]

and raises its standards.

It doesn't. It actually lowers them. Let me repost:

Even though nobody probably really knows what our troll-in-chief thinks, my best guess is, that his true agenda the long term devaluation of brofists, which have been given give an induly importance by some members in the past. This fits in very well with many similar former stunts like brofist betting, brofist retractions and so on.

The inflation of possible ratings means that the rating of a singular post becomes more important as it can be rated much more accurately, whereas the sheer number of possible ratings ensures that ratings overall become less important, disincentivizing degenerate posting behavior (brofist harvesting) to a certain degree. And thats bredy gud.

 

[Andnjord]

At last my laptop doesn't overheat when visiting the Codex. Praise be our Conductors!

 

[Zep Zepo]

Well...mostly normally again.

 

[Sizzle]

All those ratings will be lost in time, like tears in rain :D

 

[existential_vacuum]

I am happy to report that Brofist production has returned to near-normal levels again. This has caused a chain reaction driving up the Dow, NASDAQ, and the S&P to unprecedented heights.

This is the Codex we all can be proud of. Here's to a bright future!

Oh c'mon. You can do better:

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