Enkindle, we had been discussing this in IRC a few days ago and you had a great thought I wish you had posted :P

So I will, What would you guys think about being able to like 'tag' a post with a word like 'interesting' or 'brutal' or some other descriptive.. and then those could cost/transfer some amount of money.

'Someone walked up to you after your speech and said 'Brutal speech, I respect your guts' They handed you a stack of bills totaling X'

You are talking about putting a value on opinion are you not?  Or am I reading everything backwards.

okay, i can understand that. next question would be the kicker tho.  How, or rather what criteria do you use to detemine what is a good post and what is bad.  Personally I think popular opinion (yes there is that word again) would end up being a major influence.  I am thinking it might end up being more of a popularity contest thing in the end. 

ahhh. So it is designed to be a popularity type thing,  No, it is absolutely no problem I just wanted to be clear on the issue as far as what the criteria for deciding what may be valued  and what is not.  Posts will be read regardless  of what is written.  The rewards will be given to the popular(good) ones.

I think if there is to be any sort of reward for posting other than the stat boosts it already gives then it should be along the same lines as every other action in the game, I see no reason why someone who posts should be given something extra than those that don't.

I understand the reason is to encourage more posting activity but with a worthwhile quality but I think the only way it would be fair is if it was awarded like all other actions within the game, via achievements, I'm sure the achievements could be handled in a similar way to check for quality of a post similar to the stat gains and people are rewarded with exp and set amounts of money/credits.

{I thought those that didn't complete the voting repeatedly got admin jailed/wacked for it.}

Sorry I must admit I didn't read the whole thing and my mind was actually on the other thread about rewards for posting in the business district.

As for this idea it self I'm a bit on the fence, I don't have anything against it but I also don't see it working. Sure we have the odd competition to boost activity with rewards but not many players would send money for a good thread (at least nothing that amounts to more than a felony).

I would like to see if this could work. I don't know, anybody else with input as to if they would use this? I think this could be very interesting...

{I wonder if we could pass it as a short trial? Enkindle, would this be a pain to code or something simple?}

I've given this some more thought and I definitely think it would be a good addition.

This should be good, if it were something that were unused or didn't work out we could always go back and amend it, try different things etc.. But anything is better than stagnation in the BD and or Street threads - I'm gonna go ahead and sponsor this.

Maybe the "likes" shouldn't transfer to cash, but maybe some sort of achievement thing... or possibly both. 

I do fear abuse with the popularity of certain players. Like "bitches, like this for me!" Or like, how on FB, hundreds of people like something just because a hot girl posted it... 

This is something that should be addressed and worked out though. There needs to be a way to bring more of a draw to the streets etc.