As of Social Squared version 4.0.0.1, voting functionality can be enabled, which allows users to vote on posts, as well as rate an entire topic. You will soon recognize posts and topics you like most and those users who provide great content, great ideas, great links, and breaking news. It is good practice to vote for posts and rate topics that you like. Also when you find a person who does provide good content you should consider following them.
When you like a post, click the up voting icon, which can be an arrow 
or a thumb 
. The voting icon is configured by a Social Squared administrator, using the Forum Settings page. You may also be able to vote to dislike a post. You can only vote once on each post, and you cannot vote on your own topics or posts. Topics and posts can be sorted so that they are displayed with the highest number of votes appearing first.
Post voting is activated on a forum-by-forum basis using the Edit Forum page. In the Voting section, there are two checkboxes:
- Allow Voting
- Allow Only Up Vote
When the main purpose of a forum is for questions and answers, post voting and order by vote is an excellent aid for identifying posts with useful information. When a forum contains more discussion type topics, post voting can be useful, however, many forum owners do not select the Allow Voting check box on the Edit Forum page, thereby allowing posts to flow in a discussion type manner.
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