Tony, please remove the ‘like button’.
- Thread starter Alex S
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JezmondTutu
pfm Member
I quite like it
awkwardbydesign
Officially Awesome
You don't have to use it, you know.
paulfromcamden
Baffled
I quite like it too. I find it a nice way of acknowledging an insightful or interesting post without cluttering up a thread.
I understand where Alex is coming from but frankly if members are going to behave unpleasantly towards other members they don't need a 'like' button to do so.
narabdela
who?
Difficult one. I see where the OP is coming from, but if there wasn’t a ‘like’ button I’d probably be clogging up the forum agreeing with posts that I approved of.
There are also times when I’d really, really like to have a ‘dislike’ button, so it’s just as well that we don’t have one of those.
There are also times when I’d really, really like to have a ‘dislike’ button, so it’s just as well that we don’t have one of those.
Cheese
Bitter lover
I’m not too fond of it either, but it makes you save time when judging members. If you’re, say, into conspiracist theories, the likes to such posts indicate rather precisely who could be your blood brothers. otoh ultra lefties tend to like each other all the time and this gives them some sort of group feeling (“fight the right”), which doesn’t always improve the level of discussions.
Sloop John B
And any old music will do…
Well it’s much better than “+1” posts
If I ask for recommendations I can like the responses to show my thanks, which I tend to do.
If someone posts an very unpleasant post and another replies pointing this out, the amount of likes the reply gets versus the absence or few likes on the nasty post is a good way of highlighting the decency of the forum to lurkers or new members.
Oh and I usually like a post that makes me smile or titter.
.sjb
cutting42
Arrived at B4 Hacker Ergo
There was a great rant on the devil that is the "like" button by the departed Jonathan Ribee/Swamp Thing somewhere from years ago that was a very considered argument against it. Can't find it or his original username, maybe deleted. A shame as he was a considered gentleman.
Alex S
carbon based lifeform
I seem to remember there was one for a while. Yeah, I miss Jonathan.
Alex S
carbon based lifeform
sean99
pfm Member
That's probably just as well. The like button alone does serve a useful purpose IMO - acknowledging posts that you really appreciate, without having to clog the thread with a post quoting that post.
If a dislike button were added there would be a grave danger of threads descending into awful popularity contests of the type that give young people mental health problems.
(and if nobody likes this post I will start to question my self worth).
Tony L
Administrator
No, that one is pure hallucination I’m afraid. YouTube had one.
Waxy
pfm Member
OPs view is cynical. I like posts that make me smile, or think, or feel sad, or a hundred other things.
Hence, I liked every post in this thread so far.
It's nice to like things. This isn't a competition, It's a forum of randoms who might like to occasionally dabble in hifi (isn't it?).
Hence, I liked every post in this thread so far.
It's nice to like things. This isn't a competition, It's a forum of randoms who might like to occasionally dabble in hifi (isn't it?).
droodzilla
pfm Member
I sometimes like a post, then unlike it later. Keeps people on their toes.
sean99
pfm Member
I think you've covered the positives in your first sentence.
Cheese
Bitter lover
Genius !