I agree. The option you refer to is called "like" but what it really is is "thumb up". The opposite isn't "angry" or "sad". The opposite should be "disagree" or "thumb down".
There needs to be a "Dislike" option along with the "Like" option.
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Would something bad become of it?
Nathan
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There's always that risk.
Axel Slingerland
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So if you don't see a post that I know for a fact that you absolutely wouldn't like, should I count that as one that you do like? How could anyone know your opinion about something if you never saw it? However, just because there is a smilies option labeled "Like" doesn't mean you have to choose Like. There are other options...
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I miss him too.
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Sad or Mad works for me, and if I really dislike it, I don't leave anything.
Most likely, yes.
The things I and others have described on forums where there was a dislike button.
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There are some alternatives...
There are some alternatives...
How long ago was that?
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A few weeks ago, I responded with a vomit emoji to a post and got banned for a week!
It was a political post that I was responding to, which aren't supposed to be allowed here. I thought an emoji would be better than engaging with the person who made the post, but I guess I should have just ignored it.
I was banned for a week for trolling.
I finally saw one particular person say 'you're all sheep' one time too many and went after him.
I was surprised about being banned, but it was fair. Like you, I should have just ignored him.
As soon as my ban was lifted, I went into the person's posting history just to get a feel for who I was dealing with. Turned out, 95% of this person's posts were in the Covid forums and were all basically the same.
The person I was had engaged with was one of those anti vaxxer/don't trust the government/it's all a conspiracy/ I'm right, you're wrong people.
So, just to protect myself, from myself, I put him on Ignore. And a couple others just like him, just to be safe.
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Trish
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I think a dislike option would be misused.
If someone is that irritating then, the ignore option is useful. I have rarely felt it necessary to ignore anyone on here but, occasionally, it's a good option; at the click of a button, they just disappear. If only all things in life were so easy
If someone is that irritating then, the ignore option is useful. I have rarely felt it necessary to ignore anyone on here but, occasionally, it's a good option; at the click of a button, they just disappear. If only all things in life were so easy
Axel Slingerland
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Something I noticed in the years I was a forum Administrator, is that it's a common misconception that Dislike means you dislike the person, and Like means you like what they had to say. And people debated about that, just as you are now. (Sometimes not as politely.)
So I went into the software and changed the text for the Like button to Agree, and the Dislike button to Disagree. That worked much better. It's a classic example of "It's not what you say, but how you say it." You can disagree with disliking someone. That why I prefer smilies. There's a smilie for everything now days...
So we don't need a Dislike button, the link at the bottom of posts says Like should actually say something else. Since it is a link to several smilies, I would think "Agree or Disagree" would work better.
Oops, almost forgot about Ignore. I've used it but I came to the conclusion that unless there is some kind of marker left behind when someone you are ignoring has posted something, that their missing posts make a mess of a conversation. The way I would do it if I was a programmer, is add an option that if you have ignored someone you would still see their name in the places where their posts are, but the content of their post is not shown, and instead says "Remove from the Ignore list to see the contents of this post." It's less confusing that way.
So I went into the software and changed the text for the Like button to Agree, and the Dislike button to Disagree. That worked much better. It's a classic example of "It's not what you say, but how you say it." You can disagree with disliking someone. That why I prefer smilies. There's a smilie for everything now days...
So we don't need a Dislike button, the link at the bottom of posts says Like should actually say something else. Since it is a link to several smilies, I would think "Agree or Disagree" would work better.
Oops, almost forgot about Ignore. I've used it but I came to the conclusion that unless there is some kind of marker left behind when someone you are ignoring has posted something, that their missing posts make a mess of a conversation. The way I would do it if I was a programmer, is add an option that if you have ignored someone you would still see their name in the places where their posts are, but the content of their post is not shown, and instead says "Remove from the Ignore list to see the contents of this post." It's less confusing that way.
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Matrix
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Maybe 10 years ago - I’m not sure. It could have been another forum since I was moderating a few. The only thing I’m certain of is that it happened. I was quite surprised, but since almost everyone wanted it removed, the decision was easy for me.
Any long time members remember this?
Not that I remember, but over there years there is a lot I don't remember!!
What was the question??
I'm old and too tired to argue sometimes. Talked so much in my life, how much more can I blab?
Whaaa?? Too early for your mumbo jumbo reply, perhaps you shouldn't be so obsessed about what I like, don't like, read or don't read. Did I ever say you had to choose Like and no other? Translate in English next time, so I know what the heck you're babbling about.So if you don't see a post that I know for a fact that you absolutely wouldn't like, should I count that as one that you do like? How could anyone know your opinion about something if you never saw it? However, just because there is a smilies option labeled "Like" doesn't mean you have to choose Like. There are other options...
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Hal.......sorry change that, it was Win..but hal played Piano too, and was very argumentative.. he died...
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johndoe
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Even in real life, it's best to just keep your mouth shut and walk away.
hollydolly
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I don't actually remember it here.. but that's not to say it didn't happen. My memory is clouded by a British forum that allowed it, and the online bulllying it created
I wondered where you were. I wanted to apologize for going off on you last week on the Airline disaster thread.
I think lots of people use the wow
Not everyone. I use Wow to express amazement or surprise, not as a negative. I use sad and angry to give an opinion on the post content rather than the person. And the laugh emoji as a positive if something's amusing. If I dislike a person there's always the ignore option, and nobody is on my ignore list anyway
jujube
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I vaguely remember sending an apology to someone when I had accidentally hit the dislike button. I'm pretty sure it was this forum.
I've only put a few people on ignore over the years and that's when they've come here to be deliberately annoying and to stir up trouble.