May We Please Have a "Like" Button?

[Kiltedjohn]

I entirely agree with Tulloch's comment. Free discussion does not need to be rated.

[artificer]

This is not facebook. I think a great place to exchange ideas and information does not need a 'like' feature such as that.

I entirely agree with Tulloch's comment. Free discussion does not need to be rated.

But sometimes "free discussion" is reading two pages of

***

I sometimes do this, but try to elaborate beyond that.

Simply quoting and adding *** isn't much of a discussion, but it IS an endorsement (which is good, as it adds weight to a previous opinion/statement).

Think of it as rating a specific comment rather than the thread as a whole.

If a like button strips away a little chaff I think it would be helpful, if people simply change the "***" to quoting and typing "Liked" it won't make any difference at all.

In the end I voted "Maybe"

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[O'Searcaigh]

I frequently do not post comments on threads (even though I read them through thoroughly) simply because anything I might have said has already been said by someone else and frequently better. However, sometimes what someone else has said is so well said and I believe important enough to be reinforced as to rate a "***," again something I sometimes but not often do (at least not as often as I find posts with which I agree). Given the conventions already available here on XMarks, a "like" response feature is certainly not necessary (I don't really "need" or even strongly "want" one) but it might be nice to be able to let an individual poster know that you support their view/post in some way (other than a pm). But hey, "it ain't a big deal one way or the other"

[Piipriker]

I frequently do not post comments on threads (even though I read them through thoroughly) simply because anything I might have said has already been said by someone else and frequently better. However, sometimes what someone else has said is so well said and I believe important enough to be reinforced as to rate a "***," again something I sometimes but not often do (at least not as often as I find posts with which I agree). Given the conventions already available here on XMarks, a "like" response feature is certainly not necessary (I don't really "need" or even strongly "want" one) but it might be nice to be able to let an individual poster know that you support their view/post in some way (other than a pm). But hey, "it ain't a big deal one way or the other"

Sounds like me

[Dale Seago]

Just adding to my comment above, here's a forum I used to post on a lot which still has a "Thanks" button for individual posts:

http://www.martialartsplanet.com/for...d.php?t=106055

[Steve Ashton]

Thank you Dale, I am looking into this option.

[Dale Seago]

. . .I am looking into this option.

***!

[creagdhubh]

But sometimes "free discussion" is reading two pages of

***

I sometimes do this, but try to elaborate beyond that.

Simply quoting and adding *** isn't much of a discussion, but it IS an endorsement (which is good, as it adds weight to a previous opinion/statement).

Think of it as rating a specific comment rather than the thread as a whole.

Sorry about that, hahaha! Sometimes I do discuss a particular statement after "+1ing" it, but often there is nothing else, or more for me to say.

[mookien]

Sorry about that, hahaha! Sometimes I do discuss a particular statement after "+1ing" it, but often there is nothing else, or more for me to say.

I voted "no", because the "***" is sufficient for me, not to mention the "thread rating feature" described by Steve.

While I realize that "***" is a designator and not an accumulator, one can gauge the collective appreciation, or lack thereof, for a particular post by the comments it engenders.

[Chas]

Like buttons make a person lazy.

Thinking is hard work, that is why humans have developed memory. So they don't have to work it all out again. A day sitting and planning can be just as exhausting as a day digging ditches. So much easier just to click the like button, rather than explain how a person feels.

*** is lazy, but not as lazy as the like button.

Regards

Chas