There needs to be a "Dislike" option along with the "Like" option.

FWIW, I never use any of the (Like, Love, Hug, Haha, &c) emoticons to reflect my feelings about the poster ... only about the post itself. When looking through a day's new posts, I simply skip over threads that are of no interest to me. The same is true of individual posts. No clicks necessary.

In addition to general approval, I also use "Like" to indicate a post that, for me, contributes something useful. If a post prompts me to research something and I learn something of value, they always get a "Like" or "Love".

"Wow", "Sad", and "Angry" always relate the content of the post - not the poster.

Still working on what to do with "Cool". :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
Tommy said:
FWIW, I never use any of the (Like, Love, Hug, Haha, &c) emoticons to reflect my feelings about the poster ... only about the post itself. When looking through a day's new posts, I simply skip over threads that are of no interest to me. The same is true of individual posts. No clicks necessary.

In addition to general approval, I also use "Like" to indicate a post that, for me, contributes something useful. If a post prompts me to research something and I learn something of value, they always get a "Like" or "Love".

"Wow", "Sad", and "Angry" always relate the content of the post - not the poster.

Still working on what to do with "Cool". :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
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Mine reflect the post too and not the poster. I too skip over things that dont interest me. And I dont like to argue IRL or on the web. That doesnt mean that I wont. I just find it a waste of time. :D There are people that I would definitely not be friends with IRL. I would still give them a like for a good post.

Cool is self explanatory to me. Maybe we should change it to Kool?
 
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You get the choice of actively agreeing or passively agreeing (by not responding at all). The idea is to give advantage to the herd. Diversity of opinion is not well tolerated.
 
HoneyNut said:
Well, but old people have a reputation of grumpiness. Maybe we need an 'I feel grumpy about this' button.
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In many cases that may be, but it is not an entitlement to throw barbs. elders talk about too much entitlement in the younger generation frequently. Perhaps it is time for many to practice what they preach.

I have my own grumpy days. Just about every morning when I wake up and I realize that it takes me twice as long to get my chores done as it used to. I push past it and try to see the better part of the day because there is always a better part of the day, at least in my world.

I have a certain amount of sympathy for those who would rather burn their energy, frowning, than smiling. A certain amount being the operative.
 
dilettante said:
🐮Moo
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A racist post with only one emoji . No black, or brown cows represented. <----- meant as sarcasm

IMO society has gone nutso with what is or isn't tolerated. Wanting a dislike when responding with an opinion countering what ever was objectionable IMO is the mature way to communicate.
 
Knight said:
A racist post with only one emoji . No black, or brown cows represented. <----- meant as sarcasm

IMO society has gone nutso with what is or isn't tolerated. Wanting a dislike when responding with an opinion countering what ever was objectionable IMO is the mature way to communicate.
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wisenior said:
Lotta thin skinned, woke snowflakes in the world.
It's where the idea of giving Participation Trophies came from.
We'd have lost WWII with them.
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I have to wonder if all of this bravado would be as equally displayed face-to-face in the real world or if it’s the anonymity of the keyboard that allows it to prevail.
 
OldFeller said:
Dislike is often a reflection of how you feel at the moment and not how you'll feel later on when you realize you have no opinion about it and wonder why you bothered to "dislike" it in the first place.

There are some posts where I have absolutely no idea what someone is going on about. This is usually when they open a new thread and are unclear what the topic is addressing. That's when I would like to see a question mark emoticon "?" that I could select.
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You can reply with a "?".
 
SeaBreeze said:
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. ;)
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Come on, it was a simple statement. You said "Try not giving a Like." If you do not see something, or let me babble a little further for you, if you do not reply to it if you did see it, is everyone who sees that post supposed think that means you like it? Nobody would have any indication that you ever saw it in the first place. It's a pretty strait forward question. And you say I'm babbling? Thanks for the morning giggle... ;)
 
Matrix said:
Sorry, no dislike button. I think we had it in the old forum software, you could add/remove reputation from other member's posts, even it's private, our members requested to have it removed.
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Sorry, Matrix. I was not trying to tell you how to do anything. Nor was I suggesting that you should do anything. While I think that Agree and Disagree would be better understood, I have always thought that Reputation was far too easy to manipulate, and would always cause problems, I would also remove that option as well. But this isn't Admin Chat so I'll shut up now.
 
seadoug said:
There was one poster in this forum during Covid who would get really nasty and make snide remarks to anyone who didn't agree with him. I would spar with him, but we found some things in common and I kinda liked him eventually. I found out he was a virtuoso piano player when he posted a video. He is no longer here.

Unless someone is trolling me I don't use Ignore. If I put someone on ignore I may actually never find out more about them.

@hollydolly you probably remember him. He and Aneeda used to spar and it was hilarious.
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I think I know who you're talking about and I miss him too, even though we didn't always agree on things.
@Jules
 

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