Like/Dislike/Thanks?

[MrsK]

I don't know where to post this and I hope it doesn't come across as anything other than an attempt to be helpful, which is my intent. To be helpful and to encourage substantive discussions in the forums.

How does our community feel about the like/dislike/thanks feature? Personally, I dislike it and I'm wondering if it impairs deeper communication here. If I post something, I don't know if it's liked/disliked or if the person whom I'm trying to help is grateful for my input if someone clicks like/dislike/thanks until I'm sitting in front of an actual computer. I post and then...crickets. I don't know if I've offended someone, if my post has been seen, etc. For all I know, 100 people could be on the bandwagon with me or 100 people could be rounding up a posse. I'd love to see more comprehensive responses like "I agree, and..." or "I disagree, because..." or even "thank you."

Thoughts? And please don't respond by like/dislike/thanks.

[Mrs. MD, Esq.]

Like/Dislike/Thanks?

I only use mobile so I don't usually see them...

ETA I should have mentioned that I agree

[Sheherezade]

I think it was put in place to provide more interaction, not less. I think there were already crickets on a lot of posts - my guess is that's a result of the move to mobile. It's just harder to post on a phone - you are only going to deal with typing if you have something substantial to add.

JMHO

ETA: FWIW, I never look to see if anyone has hit like, etc on a post I've made. I usually see that when I notice that my notification number is growing, but it's probably only once every few weeks. (Which is also why I'm so bad at seeing and returning PMs!)

[MrsK]

I think it was put in place to provide more interaction, not less. I think there were already crickets on a lot of posts - my guess is that's a result of the move to mobile. It's just harder to post on a phone - you are only going to deal with typing if you have something substantial to add.

JMHO

Right, but my point is that it provides less interaction because it's an endpoint to the communication. For instance, I say, "I like peanut butter." You click "like." I don't see that until I log into my lap top three weeks later. End of discussion.

Before, it went more like this: I say, "I like peanut butter." You say, "Me too! Have you tried it with kumquat jam?" I say, "I prefer strawberry." Someone else says, "I don't like peanut butter but I love almond butter.".... and so on

[Sheherezade]

Mostly I use them to say I like something that might have been an off topic discussion -- like Lily's laziness crack, there. Funny stuff always gets a Like from me, but I'm not likely to post "That was funny" or LOL.

My vote is I can take it or leave it. I agree that it's cluttered and doesn't add a lot. I'm not sure we'll see discussions take off if we get rid of it, though.

[GreyhoundsRUs]

Mobile user - so I don't use it

[diggitydot]

I don't really have an opinion either way. I almost exclusively post from my phone, so my only response to it is "WTF?" when I login on my laptop once in a full moon and see the assload of notifications.

[Sheherezade]

my only response to it is "WTF?" when I login on my laptop once in a full moon and see the assload of notifications.

Me too! And then I anxiously look to see if I've missed a PM.

I've been poking around to see what the guest users can see when they are here to try to get at what holes the spam registrations are exploiting. I was surprised to see that Top likes, etc. is a chart available on the homepage of the forums. I'd never even known it was there.

[WolfpackWife]

I like them, don't really have a concrete reason why. Sometimes I don't feel as though I have anything substantial to say, but I want to show support. I am almost always on an actual computer.

[L.Jane]

I like them, don't really have a concrete reason why. Sometimes I don't feel as though I have anything substantial to say, but I want to show support. I am almost always on an actual computer.

This exactly.

[SoonerTexan]

I pretty much ignore them and find the notifications annoying. I've missed PMs too. How do you turn off the emails again?

[WolfpackWife]

Weird, I don't get any notifications for likes/dislikes/thanks, etc.

[Curegirl]

I stopped getting notifications for these too...

[SoonerTexan]

Actually I haven't seen one in a week or so

[DrBandMe]

I haven't received any notifications in a while. I sorta like it. But I agree with like/dislike/thanks. Unless it can show up on phones somehow, I don't use it.