The Cryptkeeper
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We arent fucking Facebook. I know this has been said a million times but if you want likes go to Facebook. Honestly we already have had and are to have, an affirmation system. No need for two.
Help test RIU's new "Like" system.....
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cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I will never fuck Facebook; aieee! As for two affirmation systems ... currently (imo) we have none. The Rep system isn't about affirmation, and I palm my face when I see suggestions to use Rep for "likes". cn
The Cryptkeeper
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Ya. It is. You're smart. Seeing you post in other subforums, even here in toke n talk, that much is obvious. So explain how it isn't, and Im sure I'll be dissuaded to that opinion.
Gastanker
Well-Known Member
Agreed
I feel rep and likes are pretty different. Rep in my mind = respect. I respect what you did, or said, or the pics you showed me...
...But I can like pretty much anything. If you post a silly picture of a cat wearing a sombrero I might like it and want to share that I like it but I don't necessarily respect you for posting a cat in a sombrero. Not to mention you can only rep someone every now and then, and I tend to like what the same people say over and over.
The Cryptkeeper
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So HOW isn't that agreeing with the post?! If you want to share that you like it so bad with the rest of the forum you're not only an attention seeker and should be able to just post that you like it and why, but you shouldnt be trying to burden the forum's hardware with you appreciation for what you found but just the opposite. x) Meh.
Gastanker
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What? I said I was agreeing with CN... A like burdens the hardware much less than a post. I'm confused to the rest of the post - I'm seeking attention if I want to let someone know I like their post, but I'm not looking for attention when I post in regard to their post nor if I give someone rep?So HOW isn't that agreeing with the post?! If you want to share that you like it so bad with the rest of the forum you're not only an attention seeker and should be able to just post that you like it and why, but you shouldnt be trying to burden the forum's hardware with you appreciation for what you found but just the opposite. x) Meh.
Lets all burden the computers with tiny messages like: "I like this post because the cat is cute."
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I imagine that argument can be spun both ways. The fait-accompli pragmatists will say "the Rep system is the de facto Like system, and by goodness you'll like it!" To me that's a bit too much like a parental "because I say so" approach. The milder argument is that Rep "will do".
The more aesthetically-inclined will remember the community dynamic the Like (plus Notification and "who liked this" postscript) added to the flow of multiple parallel conversations. And it's a bit more egalitarian than the "you'll eat what's on your plate, young man!" attitude under which we currently labor. In any case, I find pressing Rep into the service so well-performed by Likes to be quite unsatisfactory. It won't do, imo.
I am confused by a syntactic feature of your post. You say "dissuaded to". I would think if you said "dissuaded from", you would be stating contrarian intent, "if you back it I'll oppose it". But if you meant that I have a real chance of convincing you, then "persuaded to" would communicate that perhaps more positively. I have noticed that sometimes you enjoy a certain subtlety, so I hesitate to presume either way. cn
Winter Woman
Well-Known Member
Not attention, it's affirmations and I was trying to be funny. Looks like I failed.
Again.
Again.
The Cryptkeeper
Well-Known Member
I wasnt talking about Neers post but the would be post that would be Rep'd. Hard to explain your misinterpretation. x)
The Cryptkeeper
Well-Known Member
You are, perhaps, the one person I could never see as failing something. Carne might also fit in this category.
Winter Woman
Well-Known Member
You got me to look up: syntactic.
Gastanker
Well-Known Member
Ah... How is a like not necessarily agreeing with a post? It might be but I'm not going to respect someone for just agreeing with me. If someone states that smoked salmon is amazing I'll totally agree and in the context might like the post - but tons of people think smoked salmon is good and in my mind that doesn't deserve respect on its own.
I like cotton candy but I don't respect it.
Winter Woman
Well-Known Member
Carne is cool isn't he.
researchkitty
Well-Known Member
By the time we get to page 30, people will be arguing Hitler. 
Haha, late April fools, or Happy Canadian Easter, suckers..........
Haha, late April fools, or Happy Canadian Easter, suckers..........
The Cryptkeeper
Well-Known Member
He's into politics. So no. But he is a truly, TRULY, good-natured person. So are you.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
And you got me to spot my typo. cn
Carne Seca
Well-Known Member
What?
Hey!
awww..
I can live wth that.
RawBudzski
Well-Known Member
this is what I like to read.. .positive things.
The Cryptkeeper
Well-Known Member
I remember when Raw used to be cool. Then he went even more tame than me! Whats the matter Raw? Got to much Kine mellowing you out?
Then he went even more tame than me! Whats the matter Raw? Got to much Kine mellowing you out?
Winter Woman
Well-Known Member
Thanks! I wandered over to the political section. Not my cup of tea, I like a civilized conversation even if its a different point of view from mine. I think I'm just going to hang out around here for a while.
You, sir, are a kind person and gentleman.
Say Hi to the Muffin Queen for me.