When you enter a topic in Suggestions you will now see a section in the top left of the title. There is a Vote button now. Voting helps us gauge the suggestion’s likability. It’s something new we’re trying out so we hope this is helpful.
You can also see the number of votes before reading the Suggestion.
When a topic has an approved answer, it’ll have a checkbox next to it like:
Then, in the original post it’ll show where the answer is and who approved it.
##And that’s it!
We hope these new features to the forums will better our community and keep things neat and tidy when it comes to community engagement. It’ll also make things a lot easier for our staff as we can look, at a glance, topics that have been handled or not handled.
Especially fond off the suggestion count one as it can really help show what the community really is looking for or what they really want to see ingame.
Very good and smart update! I like the voting idea a lot, and the staff approved answers is also a nice bonus. These forums are pretty well designed. Great job guys!
I have also noticed this and it appears to be an unintended side effect of the update. My guess is people don’t like giving someone two upvotes for just 1 topic. It feels kinda cheezy I guess, like you’re playing favorites. But votes are different so people shouldn’t feel that way.
Maybe doing a vote should also give a like simultaneously? Or we could keep track of votes independently from likes. (Probably the best idea)