I used to dislike the idea, but I've changed my mind. Social media has been around a long time now. I think a Like button would be OK on here. We're mostly grown ups, and the way to avoid the competitiveness if it happened would be simply to not join in, same as when other petty stuff happens. A competition fades away if only one person is competing. And that's the worst case scenario - I suspect it wouldn't happen much if at all. So the usefulness of being able to quickly acknowledge a post without needing to add a comment (or add yet another post) would outweigh the cons, imo.
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This is the only 'social media' I engage in so no experience elsewhere but instinctively against a 'one click' like. It has the same descriptive value as nice IMO.
I prefer Dove's approach, it does take four clicks for an emoji but so what? I would be wondering what was 'liked' most of the time and by whom - or do the 'likes' have a name attached?
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I’ve often thought I’d like a “like” button on the forum, I’m on Facebook and have never encountered any competitiveness. I don’t remember being asked for any opinions on the redesigning of the forum @B3, I think only a few of the members who post more frequently were involved in the redesign. Although I don’t post much on here, I look in on most discussions on a daily basis to keep up with what’s going on.
I also prefer the idea of "thanks" rather than "like".
That's what they have on Money Saving Expert
It is, but then people start getting all annoyed at people who haven’t thanked people and having a go etc. It encourages people who only do things to get something in return (e.g a socially obliged thanks) rather than people who feel good enough about themselves for just being helpful and sharing knowledge/information without expecting effusive thanks. I suppose it makes it easier on this forum to simply click a button of thanks rather than have a create a new post to type it. I like sharing information and knowledge and I don’t care if I don’t get a thank you. It’s a bonus rather than an essential part of my contribution.
I use Facebook a lot and just the other day I read something on this Forum that made me smile. I went to hit the "like" button, and Oh! there isn't one, what a pity. But I've now been persuaded by the people who'd rather not have one. The time and extra taps required to quote + smiley is just enough to put off those who would "like" indiscriminately. It ain't broke, so there's no need to fix it.
Too impersonal and social media for me, but if I had to choose it would be a ‘thanks’ not a ‘like’ button., but personally, I don’t think it’s necessary. If you wish to thank someone for giving you information (useful or not, doesn’t matter, they have taken time out of their day to respond), how difficult is it to respond and say @X Thanks or ‘thanks for your responses everyone’ if you haven't got time to address every individual post?
I know people do not help others for self-gratification and applause, but it does irritate me when people answer a thread, and the OP doesn’t even bother to respond. That’s just rude. Whatever happened to courtesy?
PS I apologise right now if I have ever forgotten to thank someone!
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That's how I feel. However, would I have pressed a specific button to 'like' nut's post, or would I do what I've just done - quoted her's and added an emoji? It's not difficult.
There's no need to quote a whole post either [ that's really irritating when it's big and has photos as well !] - just remove the bits which aren't necessary [highlight and delete, or use the backspace button] so that people can readily see what you're answering.
I agree with I.Gardener too. It's nice if you can help someone with a problem, and it's appreciated if they come back and thank you, which is the norm.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I can't say I'm missing a like/thanks button...easy enough to just thank in writing. Being an ardent user of Twitter and Instagram... we've all been slowly trained by social media platforms to crave instant approval. Not having such an easy fulfillment mechanism makes a forum conversation feel more involved and adult.
It's not about receiving thanks - it's about the joy of thanking others (like Christmas )
Genuinely I mentioned it to start with because I wanted to show that I'd seen someone's rose photo and I liked seeing it, without having to respond with a message which is more awkward - and means that people don't always get a response.
I'm not that fussed about accumulating likes or thanks - but I would like to be able to give them to others individually.
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I prefer Dove's approach, it does take four clicks for an emoji but so what? I would be wondering what was 'liked' most of the time and by whom - or do the 'likes' have a name attached?
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I know people do not help others for self-gratification and applause, but it does irritate me when people answer a thread, and the OP doesn’t even bother to respond. That’s just rude. Whatever happened to courtesy?
PS I apologise right now if I have ever forgotten to thank someone!
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That's how I feel. However, would I have pressed a specific button to 'like' nut's post, or would I do what I've just done - quoted her's and added an emoji? It's not difficult.
There's no need to quote a whole post either [ that's really irritating when it's big and has photos as well !] - just remove the bits which aren't necessary [highlight and delete, or use the backspace button] so that people can readily see what you're answering.
I agree with I.Gardener too. It's nice if you can help someone with a problem, and it's appreciated if they come back and thank you, which is the norm.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Genuinely I mentioned it to start with because I wanted to show that I'd seen someone's rose photo and I liked seeing it, without having to respond with a message which is more awkward - and means that people don't always get a response.
I'm not that fussed about accumulating likes or thanks - but I would like to be able to give them to others individually.