# 'How's my driving' plugin?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [July 21, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411 "2020-07-21T16:53:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@ArcticF0xx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArcticF0xx)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/1 "2020-07-21T16:53:09Z")
We host product how-to articles on our Discourse, but would like to add some type of ‘how’s my driving’ plugin to gauge how useful they are to the community. This would be something like, ‘rate this how-to’ or ‘how useful did you find this article.’
Does this type of plugin exist?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/2 "2020-07-21T16:59:05Z")
I’m not aware of any plugins, no. I have seen this done with theme-components and external solutions. The most recent I can recall reading about was integration with Usabilla.
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### Author:  [@ArcticF0xx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArcticF0xx)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/3 "2020-07-21T17:01:23Z")
> [@jomaxro](#):
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> integration with Usabilla.
Awesome! I’ll check this integration out. Thanks for sharing 😃
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/4 "2020-07-21T17:07:07Z")
It’s not _exactly_ what you’re looking for, but if you want something quick and minimal, perhaps the polling functionality might do?
```plaintext
[poll type=regular results=always chartType=bar]
* I found this article very informative and helpful!
* This article didn't fully explain what it was talking about.
* This article wasn't the droid I was looking for.
[/poll]
```
_Poll ([view on site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/4))_
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/5 "2020-07-21T17:48:33Z")
Also not exactly the same, but I’m intrigued by how [https://forum.asana.com](https://forum.asana.com) displays a quick pulse survey at the top every time you go there. It goes away when you click yes or no.
> Would you recommend the Asana Community Forum to a colleague? Yes / No
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### Author:  [@IAmGav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IAmGav)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/6 "2020-07-21T18:05:23Z")
how about the voting plugin ?
> [@Discourse Topic Voting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-voting/40121):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse Topic Voting gives the ability to vote on topics in a specified category.[[1]](#footnote-173202-1)open_bookInstall Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. Features To enable it, edit any category, look on the settings tab for the “Allow users to vote on topics in this category” checkbox: Once enabled, a “Votes” item is available in the top menu. The topics in that category can be voted on w…
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### Author:  [@ArcticF0xx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArcticF0xx)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/7 "2020-07-21T18:19:21Z")
Yes! We’ve thought about this as well, but it’s a matter of aligning our goals with the partner team who’s creating this content. We’ll keep this as a suggestion for next steps. Thanks for sharing 😃
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### Author:  [@ArcticF0xx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArcticF0xx)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/8 "2020-07-21T18:20:08Z")
Thanks for sharing, @tobiaseigen! I’ll look into this as well. Curious to know how Asana does this pulse check.
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### Author:  [@ArcticF0xx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArcticF0xx)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/9 "2020-07-21T18:20:39Z")
Another solid suggestion. I’ll add this to our review list! Thank you 😃
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### Author:  [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/10 "2020-07-21T20:35:35Z")
Hi @ArcticF0xx,
Maybe this plugin should be helpful for you. 🙂
> [@Topic Ratings Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-ratings-plugin/39578):
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> A Discourse plugin that lets you use topics to rate things! Features Rate topics by a star rating system in the composer. Enable different rating types on a per-category or per-tag basis. Toggle rating count and average rating per rating type. Toggle visibility of ratings, counts and averages based on user roles. Bulk actions including rating type migration [page_facing_up Get the code](https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-ratings)[bug Report a bug](https://discourse.pluginmanager.org/w/bug-report)Lost? Not sure how to install a plugin? [Follow the steps here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157). Mak…
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### Author:  [@ArcticF0xx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArcticF0xx)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/11 "2020-07-21T20:41:41Z")
This is an interesting find, @Don! Adding this suggestion to our list of options to consider 😃 Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/12 "2020-07-22T00:01:15Z")
Silly question, but is there anything wrong with simply using the built-in likes mechanism on the OP? It’s an existing pattern that users are already familiar with, and may be more straightforward then reinventing the wheel here.
Take a look in #howto - the likes engagement on those posts is fairly high compared to other categories.
Assuming these articles all live in one category you could easily report on those interactions using #plugin:data-explorer.
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### Author:  [@ArcticF0xx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArcticF0xx)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/13 "2020-07-22T00:06:10Z")
> [@IAmGav](#):
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> voting plugin
We discussed this option in one of our initial meetings. Our partner team didn’t like the idea of using the heart “like” feature, and instead would prefer something different–more along the lines of an upvoting system or yes/no.
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/14 "2020-07-22T00:07:30Z")
If it’s the heart symbol itself that they dislike then it can be replaced with any fontawesome icon, including an up arrow:
> [@Change the Like Icon to +1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-like-icon/87748/):
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> discourse2Summary Change the Like Icon to +1 allows you to change the heart icon to the +1 icon – or any other [font awesome 5.5 glyph](https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery) you prefer.eyeglassesPreview [Preview on Discourse Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Discourse/change-like-icon)hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/new-like-icon](https://github.com/discourse/new-like-icon)open_bookNew to Discourse Themes? [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) Install this theme component Featuresinformation_source Since [we switched to Font Awesome 5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-font-awesome-5-and-svg-icons/101643), we bui…
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### Author:  [@ArcticF0xx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArcticF0xx)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/15 "2020-07-22T00:13:20Z")
That’s cool! But this would reflect across the entire forum? We’d only like to apply on their sections.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/16 "2020-07-22T06:37:08Z")
> [@ArcticF0xx](#):
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> We’d only like to apply on their sections.
In that case consider [Discourse Retort](https://meta.discourse.org/t/retort-a-reaction-style-plugin-for-discourse/35903)
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### Author:  [@ArcticF0xx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArcticF0xx)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/17 "2020-07-22T16:40:08Z")
Thanks, @merefield! 😃
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/18 "2020-07-27T13:15:00Z")
Sounds like this may be relevant:
> [@Downvoting - topics and posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downvoting-topics-and-posts/158589/5):
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> Well, there will be soon be an official retort / react style plugin where you can react to posts with any emoji, or a specific predefined set of emoji. So you could hide all the like UI elements via CSS (this is possible, I know one Discourse instance that does it) install the official react plugin and only whitelist the up or down thumb emoji reactions But as far as project goals and philosophy, we at Discourse are ideologically opposed to downvoting / dislikes – and I don’t see that ever ch…
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### Author:  [@ArcticF0xx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArcticF0xx)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hows-my-driving-plugin/158411/19 "2020-07-27T19:23:24Z")
Awesome. Thanks for sharing this topic @Stephen!