'Like' button

From: Manthorp18 Apr 2013 20:07
To: ANT_THOMAS 9 of 40
It's worth £58.60
From: Manthorp18 Apr 2013 20:07
To: Manthorp 10 of 40
= 5 brick
From: Manthorp18 Apr 2013 20:07
To: Manthorp 11 of 40
at current rates of exchange
From: ANT_THOMAS18 Apr 2013 20:09
To: Manthorp 12 of 40
Not as much as it used to be :(
From: JonCooper18 Apr 2013 20:14
To: Manthorp 13 of 40
I'd like a "don't like" button - though more for FB than here
From: koswix18 Apr 2013 20:15
To: Manthorp 14 of 40
The trouble with 'Like' is that it doesn't add anything to the discussion, really. When someone goes to the bother of actually posting "I agree" or ":D" or whatever, it may not add anything directly but it does then give an opportunity for the discussion to begin, or views to be challenged. Not sure that a Like button promotes discussion in the same way.


quote:
But it's no biggie.

Don't be so hard on yourself, it was big enough to stop Greg sitting down for a week.

From: Manthorp18 Apr 2013 20:29
To: koswix 15 of 40
<like>
From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)18 Apr 2013 21:34
To: Manthorp 16 of 40
I think this makes sense if there's a semi-nested structure to the discussion and the 'like'ing promotes popular posts to a more prominent position (like slashdot's system, which is really pretty similar to the facebook system though the organisation is different) but I don't see what sense it makes when applied to an essentially flat structure as we have here. I'd rather see a reply with :D or (nod) or "I agree.".

But yeah, wouldn't do any harm either other than possibly reducing the number of posts, as Ant says.

But yeah, if there's 'like' I'd really want 'dislike' too.
From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)18 Apr 2013 21:35
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) 17 of 40
Emoticons broken or just me?
From: ANT_THOMAS18 Apr 2013 21:38
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) 18 of 40
Just you, I can see them!
From: Manthorp18 Apr 2013 21:45
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) 19 of 40
Perhaps if Matt was minded, he could pilot it & see whether & how it affected our intercourse.
From: Oscarvarium (OZGUR)18 Apr 2013 21:45
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) 20 of 40
I actually really dislike that about Reddit's format, to the extent that for the subreddit(s) I care about I always view them by recent posts first.
From: Manthorp18 Apr 2013 21:52
To: Oscarvarium (OZGUR) 21 of 40
I'm sure there's a middle way.  Leave the order as it is, but indicate with a scaled icon the posts that are highly regarded.
From: ANT_THOMAS18 Apr 2013 22:01
To: Manthorp 22 of 40
Or just simply a number of likes and a mouse over with the users who liked? Exactly like Facebook I guess.

Or a scale to rate a post? Rather than like/up dislike/down. I don't think promoting posts would work at all with beehive.
From: Manthorp18 Apr 2013 22:09
To: ANT_THOMAS 23 of 40
Or, as Kos said and I quote, "a dragon with a cock proportionate to the popularity of the post."
From: koswix18 Apr 2013 22:12
To: Manthorp 24 of 40
Perhaps have a user setting for the likes of Ken who are squeamish about dragon cocks, for them the font size of the post in question could be increased or decreased by 1 for each like/dislike the post receives.
From: Manthorp18 Apr 2013 22:19
To: koswix 25 of 40
I think Ken just needs to learn to love teh cock.
From: Oscarvarium (OZGUR)18 Apr 2013 22:22
To: Manthorp 26 of 40
I think you should scale up the whole post instead, username and text and all. :Y
From: Manthorp18 Apr 2013 22:30
To: Oscarvarium (OZGUR) 27 of 40
Or autoread the text in a proportionately louder voice.
From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)18 Apr 2013 22:49
To: Oscarvarium (OZGUR) 28 of 40
Aye, I really dislike when it's used in places I like to read completely rather than just skim. Works well on stackexchange etc. though.