Thank you Nut, I really don't have time for social media. I like being busy, and when I have no more energy for being busy I like doing nothing 😀 I love this forum and do worry when it descends into personal attacks, it takes all my will not to let people know what I think about it but it would just add fuel to fires so I bite my tongue and hope it will pass and the friendly vibes will return!
The people who don't, why are you so determined to try and dismiss the constructive opinions of others?
Surely there must be a good reason, and majority support, for Like or Thanks buttons on virtually all media and social media sites. Why should this forum be the exception?
The case for a like button here has been consistently well made.
I also wonder about the motives of those expressing fears about 'competitiveness'. Perhaps some people like being a big fish in a small pond a bit too much and are worried they won't get as many likes as they think they should. So for their own reasons want to stop other people having that
Nonsense. Not everyone is on Facebook. OK, there are some posters who post too much and get in on every thread but the majority don't. "Likes" would destroy this forum as it is because.. we like to be kind and old fashioned.
So you like to think of yourself as kind and old fashioned, but in the same post, you dismiss and belittle the comments of another person as 'nonsense'.
And why use exaggerated and emotional terms like 'destroy'? Surely that is the real 'nonsense'.
If you're right, then how would you explain why virtually all media and social media have *not* been 'destroyed' by having a like or thanks button. And why this GW forum is unique and, in your opinion, would be 'destroyed' by having a like button.
For all those who are desperate for a 'like' button, if you have an issue with it, or it so vitally important to you, contact the people who have redesigned the forum, and who run it.
When the site was revamped a couple of years ago, a huge number of members - mainly those who used the forum regularly - were asked for input on many features. The like button was outvoted so that's why there isn't one.
The walking forum I use doesn't have one either. People prefer to use words. It's a fairly simple concept which works well.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
As @Fairygirl says, use words. Why on earth would we want to be like every other platform, who uses likes? For me, this confirms that we shouldn't have them.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
So you like to think of yourself as kind and old fashioned, but in the same post, you dismiss and belittle the comments of another person as 'nonsense'.
And why use exaggerated and emotional terms like 'destroy'? Surely that is the real 'nonsense'.
If you're right, then how would you explain why virtually all media and social media have *not* been 'destroyed' by having a like or thanks button. And why this GW forum is unique and, in your opinion, would be 'destroyed' by having a like button.
I don't think it is too difficult to say thanks for the help, and when I say destroy I mean it in the sense that it would change the mood and become competitive. There are forums such as Reddit where some posters make it their life's work to get likes, and others like Facebook where people get upset if they don't get likes. I shouldn't have said nonsense so I apologise.
If I comment on a thread where I want feedback, or start a thread myself, or have a favourite thread, I star it. I don't have to trawl through the site so it's no problem to just say thanks when people respond or comment.
If you can argue and get this bitchy and personal over whether the forum has a like button or not then it's perhaps better we don't have one. I'm now going into the garden to calm down, hopefully people will have stopped behaving like children in a playground when I get back. If not I can always utilise the ignore button.
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The people who don't, why are you so determined to try and dismiss the constructive opinions of others?
Surely there must be a good reason, and majority support, for Like or Thanks buttons on virtually all media and social media sites. Why should this forum be the exception?
The case for a like button here has been consistently well made.
So you like to think of yourself as kind and old fashioned, but in the same post, you dismiss and belittle the comments of another person as 'nonsense'.
And why use exaggerated and emotional terms like 'destroy'? Surely that is the real 'nonsense'.
If you're right, then how would you explain why virtually all media and social media have *not* been 'destroyed' by having a like or thanks button. And why this GW forum is unique and, in your opinion, would be 'destroyed' by having a like button.
Oh crikey, what have I started? Think I'll join Wonky in the garden.
The other forum I take part in hasn't been destroyed by having a like button. Nor have the Facebook pages that I only occasionally glance at.
When the site was revamped a couple of years ago, a huge number of members - mainly those who used the forum regularly - were asked for input on many features. The like button was outvoted so that's why there isn't one.
The walking forum I use doesn't have one either. People prefer to use words. It's a fairly simple concept which works well.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Why on earth would we want to be like every other platform, who uses likes?
For me, this confirms that we shouldn't have them.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border