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  • 22nd October 2021 at 6:32 pm #561897

    I like the like button.
    Sometimes one has only time for a quick run through the posts and it is nice to let the poster know that you like their subject.
    I know that when I have written a story it is nice to know that someone has actually read it.
    If the like option is abused surely a quick ‘OI!’ from admin would sort it.
    I obviously have no factual numbers but I would guess that more people would be in favour of it than not.

    22nd October 2021 at 7:07 pm #561898

    I feel the same way, and it’s really sad to have to do without this tool because of a minority of people who will find another way to disrupt the forum anyway.

    Stinky stories is a good exemple, it fits to pictures too, and I like to read and “like” his stories, would be a shame to discourage him :heart:

     

    22nd October 2021 at 7:53 pm #561905

    Come on guys – stop giving Future Vision such a hard time. He’s / she’s saved this site from extinction and now you’re demanding this and that -we’re lucky to have the site at all.

    There’s not a lot else for those of us who live over here. We don’t want them to get fed up with us before they’ve even started.

    At the end of the day, it’s the only place where we can have a good moan about Brexit and the UK Government and I know we’d all miss not being able to do that.

    So let’s just let him / her get on with it their way.

    22nd October 2021 at 8:25 pm #561907

    I can’t believe such a petty thing has aroused so much negativity.

    Thé like option is very handy imo.

    22nd October 2021 at 8:26 pm #561908

    Nobody has demanded, JJ, just expressed their likes.
    And I like. ‘Like’.
    And FV asked for opinions.

    22nd October 2021 at 8:49 pm #561911

    I’ve just asked if it “would” be possible to have the like button back, I’ve never said I demand to have the like button back :unsure:   I don’t know how this site is set up, maybe it is just an option to activate or maybe not ?

    I’ve created this post to get the point of view of other posters. At least we are showing FV that we feel involved in the forum.

    I think a lot of us has expressed why they “would” like it back, what’s wrong with that ?

     

    Anonymous
    22nd October 2021 at 9:02 pm #561915

    Yes , the ” like ” button is a good way of showing that you like a post/photo/story

    Some folk  ( John P. for example) think that the like button is used as a vote , to be  able to count how many members stand with the poster against another.

    I would use the like , just to show that I like whatever has been posted , not as a weapon . :yes: :yes:

    22nd October 2021 at 9:03 pm #561916

    Not a lot Babeth – Just me being grumpy.

    I just feel that FV has been particularly brave taking us lot on – Of course it’s nice having someone like a comment that you’ve made. TBH it really doesn’t bother me one way or another.

    I’ve probably said quite enough in life that people don’t like that it’ll make a nice change if someone were to agree with me – however, I wouldn’t lose a lot of sleep if they didn’t.

    So I’ll just sit here on the fence and see what happens.

    22nd October 2021 at 9:05 pm #561917

    Never occurred to me that it could be used as a weapon?

    how?

    I used it simply if I agreed ….or Liked a post…

    As for asking for it…it’s something we were used to…not something new.

    I think Babeth puts  it delightfully …

     

    Anonymous
    22nd October 2021 at 9:15 pm #561921

    “Never occurred to me that it could be used as a weapon?

    how?”

    You must have misssed the discussion between John P. and (I think it was) Bobby ? :unsure:

    22nd October 2021 at 9:44 pm #561925

    I must have missed it…Bobby doesn’t like much.

    except?!! :bye:

    Anonymous
    22nd October 2021 at 10:21 pm #561933

    Its only a thumbs up!there is no negative thumbs down button, some sites hane a AITA option!

    22nd October 2021 at 10:46 pm #561936

    To like a post (if it’s not used to gang up someone as previously explained), is normaly a positive act. Just a thumb down without any explanation could be a bit agressive, if no explanation attached, but this is me, we don’t all have the same sensitivity.

    22nd October 2021 at 11:07 pm #561937

    Is it not possible to fix it that only the recipient sees the like then it doesn’t become weaponised?

    23rd October 2021 at 12:06 am #561938

    I think that that is a well thought out compromise Cossie.

    Anonymous
    23rd October 2021 at 9:14 am #561941

    Marmite
    Never occurred to me that it could be used as a weapon?

    Deboer(87)
             Some folk think that the like button is used as a vote , to be  able to count how many members               stand with the poster against another.

    Marmite
                        I must have missed it…Bobby doesn’t like much.

                       except?!!

    In think this little discussion, along with the constant campaigning (3 pages of comments from about 6 posters) shows just how some functions can be misused and abused.

    Cossie’s suggestion looks like a workable compromise. It would probably defeat the potential for weaponising the ‘like’ function.

    The other function in the list (statistics under a posters avatar) could also be weaponised, if it included such statistics as ‘likes’ or ‘thanks’, by some comparing their popularity to other posters.

    I, personally, speak my mind without worrying about popularity. Sorry if my comments upset or annoy some, my intention is to make my opinion known, not as some appear to suspect, to be intentionally contrary.

    I have seen in other forums other functions weaponised which were intended for benign use, for instance, the option to ignore comments from trolls, or aggressive posters, etc.

    It is now used as a weapon to ignore opposing opinions, and I have seen whole ‘tribes’ put an individual poster ‘on ignore’, as a response to a sound counter-argument supported by irrefutable evidence. Of course, all that does is to hide the comments from that ‘ignored’ poster by the ‘tribe’. Everyone else can still see those comments. And what it does do is to show the whole forum that the ‘tribe’ has a mentality of sticking its proverbial head in the sand to opposing views. But it does create dominant cultures within the forum.

    I’ve also seen such comments as “why are you here, no-one has liked your comments”, or “you’ve not received any thanks”.

    We’re getting close to such comments already with totally unprovoked comments such as, “Bobby doesn’t like much”.

    But fear not, I’m not offended, and I will continue to offer my opinion, however unpopular they may appear.

     

     

     

    23rd October 2021 at 9:37 am #561946

    Is it not possible to fix it that only the recipient sees the like then it doesn’t become weaponised?

    I like that suggestion a lot Cossie

    23rd October 2021 at 9:56 am #561948

    It happens on another forum. The poster gets a notification then sees the relevant post but no one else sees anything

    Anonymous
    23rd October 2021 at 10:00 am #561949

    Bobby wrote:

    We’re getting close to such comments already with totally unprovoked comments such as, “Bobby doesn’t like much”.

    But fear not, I’m not offended, and I will continue to offer my opinion, however unpopular they may appear.

    I think freedom of speech is important.

    Without disagreement there is no discussion and then life would become vey boring.

    Just because a person doesn’t agree with another ,it doesn’t make their opinion wrong . Better to discuss their opinion than to post useless personal attacks . :yes: :yes:

    I think the like button is a simple way of showing agreement , why hide things from some of the members?

     

    23rd October 2021 at 10:48 am #561953

    A forum is made by human being for human being, we can’t avoid those behavior but we all should be able to compromise. Cossie is trying to find a solution and that is very good (I like it !). Is it workable on a technical point of view ?

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