When people create dares, they create them for the viewers of getDare. The thing they probably want the most is that others like the dare that he/she has written and published on getDare. But how does he/she know whether people actually do the dare or not? That's where this button comes in. You press this button (somewhere above or right below the first post (threadpost)) to let the creator know
who or
how much people actually did your dare instead of looking at it, reading the whole dare and deciding that you rather not want to do it.
This idea is mainly intended for the dare section. Other sections wouldn't really benefit from this new feature, with maybe the exeption of the "Request Punishments & Ideas" in the s/M area.
If you read
this suggestion thread, then this feature can also be added to the list of statistics list.
Why I think this would be really helpful:
When I create dares and publish them on getDare, I hope others like the dare I just made and am curious how many do the dare instead of just reading them or not. Being able to post a comment in the thread doesn't mean any thing. Sure, they can just hit the "I did the dare!" button, even if they didn't do the dare. But having this button will encourage the dare creators of this forum. Knowing that others like the dares they have written must give them a good feeling and it might trigger them to write even more dares.
Also, you know what kind of dares the community of getDare like the most. When you see that (e.g.) dares involving messy stuff less button clicks have than dares involving anal, the dare creator probably want to focus more on the anal dares than the messy dares to get more button clicks.
And as I said, sure... they can click on the button without doing the dare. But is this really a problem? I don't think people will randomly click on the button without reading the dare or disliking the dare. It's just like the thanks button, almost no one clicks on it when they dislike the thread or haven't even read them.