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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ricky Spanish on June 16, 2017, 08:23:44 PM

Title: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Ricky Spanish on June 16, 2017, 08:23:44 PM
I have become a bit of a lurker on this forum but sometimes I read something that I want to show agreement with but there is no facility for that.

I'm not advocating a like/hate regime, but it would be nice if we could acknowledge something that makes universal sense...

Has this technology progressed since the forums conception?
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Shaker on June 16, 2017, 08:26:49 PM
This ain't Facebook.
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Gordon on June 16, 2017, 08:33:20 PM
We don't have that function: the closest we have is the Karma function, which has a chequered history here.
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Ricky Spanish on June 16, 2017, 08:33:51 PM
Doh.. Steve... You miserable, grumpy old furker..

Don't you like a bit of appreciation?
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Ricky Spanish on June 16, 2017, 08:35:33 PM
..forgot the obligatory Smillie:

:D
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Shaker on June 16, 2017, 08:37:44 PM
Doh.. Steve... You miserable, grumpy old furker..

Don't you like a bit of appreciation?
Yes. But the furkers tend to find it easier to express than the lurkers.
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Rhiannon on June 16, 2017, 08:48:24 PM
There's the forum best bits thing.
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Ricky Spanish on June 16, 2017, 08:53:15 PM
Rhi.. I'm a lazy furker at heart...

I was looking for an easy way out...
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Ricky Spanish on June 16, 2017, 08:54:30 PM
Yes. But the furkers tend to find it easier to express than the lurkers.

Ohh OK, Challange accepted...
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on June 16, 2017, 09:21:51 PM
There's the forum best bits thing.
The absence of any of my material clearly shows that isn't working.
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Shaker on June 16, 2017, 09:28:50 PM
The absence of any of my material clearly shows that isn't working.
There are eight pages of "material."

Perhaps it's just that your word salad gibberish isn't there? (i.e. no 'best bits').
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Owlswing on June 17, 2017, 11:10:26 AM

There are eight pages of "material."

Perhaps it's just that your word salad gibberish isn't there? (i.e. no 'best bits').



 :)  ;)  :D  ;D  8)
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Ricky Spanish on June 17, 2017, 02:27:44 PM
Just a thought...

I'm sure that after a few months people will get bored of "hating" the Sassy posts, Vlads'  or mine for that matter and use such a function as it was intended?

Instead of knee-jerk, give it time.. It might work to your advantage!!

If in three months it is still abused then have a review...
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Robbie on June 17, 2017, 04:34:52 PM
People don't 'hate' the posts of those you mention, they delight in them Ricky. Gives 'em something to pounce on,pull apart and ridicule. I'm probably not innocent of that sometimes.
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: floo on June 17, 2017, 04:38:47 PM
When we had the so called 'karma' a while back it wasn't pleasant at all, there were many more hates than likes. It was much better to scrap it.
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Robbie on June 17, 2017, 04:41:50 PM
Karma aye? Sounds peaceful and calm - obviously wasn't  ;D.

We show whether we like or dislike a post by how we respond - or by not responding at all!.
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: floo on June 17, 2017, 04:42:56 PM
Karma aye? Sounds peaceful and calm - obviously wasn't  ;D.

We show whether we like or dislike a post by how we respond - or by not responding at all!.

It definitely wasn't! :o
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Robbie on June 17, 2017, 04:51:07 PM
I'm intrigued floo, but won't ask except - what was the opposite of karma? If Karma is reward,  the down side is a penalty or punishment.

I have visions of emoticons of bouquets of flowers, hearts and champagne and the reverse featuring people in stocks having rotten fruit thrown at them or dunked in a gunge tank - or worse.

Sounds like fun actually  :D.
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: jeremyp on June 17, 2017, 04:52:52 PM
When we had the so called 'karma' a while back it wasn't pleasant at all, there were many more hates than likes. It was much better to scrap it.

Quite a few of us had more likes than hates. I guess it depends on the quality of one's posts.
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: floo on June 17, 2017, 04:53:24 PM
I'm intrigued floo, but won't ask except - what was the opposite of karma? If Karma is reward,  the other side is a penalty or punishment.
I have visions of emoticons of bouquets of flowers, hearts and champagne and, for the reverse,  featuring people in stocks having rotten fruit thrown at them or dunked in a gunge tank or worse.

Sounds like fun actually  :D.

It was weird it was called 'karma', as you say the word implies something pleasant, but as I said, more often than not it was used to diss a person.
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: Robbie on June 17, 2017, 04:56:25 PM
Ah-so, that was their karma  :).

There's enough dissing without having a button to do it for us so it's good there is no longer such a facility.
Title: Re: Can we implement a "Like Button"?
Post by: jeremyp on June 17, 2017, 04:57:13 PM
It was weird it was called 'karma', as you say the word implies something pleasant,

No it doesn't.