Like button

Spinster

Sometimes when Im browsing the forums I read a post that I like so I want to show the member that wrote the thread/post that I thought it was funny/informative but I dont have anything useful or constructive to add, But a short three word "good read bro" seems a little pointless.

This is why I think we should introduce the like button.

Yay or nay?

Dfg

I can use the Facebook like button if you want .

EDIT: Going to test Facebook like feature.

Unknown

Dfg wrote: »

I can use the Facebook like button if you want .

EDIT: Going to test Facebook like feature.

Personally I wouldn't want this place to have anything to do with Facebook. It's a bit like this;

http://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/21386-Facebook-Like-Button--Privacy-Violation--Security-Risk.html

We've discussed about having a thanks system in the past but we concluded that it would be much more beneficial for users to say thanks in an actual post. If you think that saying a mere "thanks bro!" is too short for a reply, why not add some additional thoughts and feedback onto the end of it?

RemadE

Dfg wrote: »

I can use the Facebook like button if you want .

EDIT: Going to test Facebook like feature.

Totseans and facebook?

Goes against the ethos of read know and do. I can understand getting traffic via facebook but maybe an internal like button is better - not one linked to Facebook. A place that will end up owning us is not one to be messed with. I'd gladly hold a weapon with a hair-trigger to Zuckerbergs' head.

Darth Beaver

Dfg wrote: »

I can use the Facebook like button if you want .

EDIT: Going to test Facebook like feature.

trx100 wrote: »

Personally I wouldn't want this place to have anything to do with Facebook. It's a bit like this;

http://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/21386-Facebook-Like-Button--Privacy-Violation--Security-Risk.html

We've discussed about having a thanks system in the past but we concluded that it would be much more beneficial for users to say thanks in an actual post. If you think that saying a mere "thanks bro!" is too short for a reply, why not add some additional thoughts and feedback onto the end of it?

RemadE wrote: »

Totseans and facebook?

Goes against the ethos of read know and do. I can understand getting traffic via facebook but maybe an internal like button is better - not one linked to Facebook. A place that will end up owning us is not one to be messed with. I'd gladly hold a weapon with a hair-trigger to Zuckerbergs' head.

No facebook and I will hold his head.

Daktologist

Fuck no. I don't want to see us linked with facebook in any way, shape or form.

Dfg

Okay okay, no facebook.

Jeez.

*looks for his buttplug*

bornkiller

Dfg wrote: »

Okay okay, no facebook.

Jeez.

*looks for his buttplug*

Hey! That's a good idea.....Howbout.........A "Buttplug" button? :eek:

Dfg

bornkiller wrote: »

Hey! That's a good idea.....Howbout.........A "Buttplug" button? :eek:

You tempt me

RemadE

That is pretty tempting for a "me no likey" button...

Spinster

It has nothing to do with Face book.

I did some research and it appears that add on is called the face book like button. BUT!! urban dictionary had the like feature before You tube or face book! so most likely Mark Zuckerjewname stole it from there.

Looks like the vote is not in favour of the like button anyway, thanks for your input.

Darth Beaver

Dfg wrote: »

Okay okay, no facebook.

Jeez.

*looks for his buttplug*

bornkiller wrote: »

Hey! That's a good idea.....Howbout.........A "Buttplug" button? :eek:

I am Darth Beaver and I support ^this message.

Paid for the the Darth Beaver for the Buttplug Button Comittee

Unknown

Looks like the vote is not in favour of the like button anyway, thanks for your input.

Thanks for your suggestion! I hate seeing ideas get shot down, but surely you can understand the negative feedback on this one? Nevertheless, thanks for the suggestion :thumbsup:

Darth Beaver

Hrrrmph, I am still waiting on the buttplug button.

Slartibartfast

I have no horse in this race (as i don't have facebook).

If you look at a "like button" as a way to recommend a page, then it has some merit. I personally think twitter would be more effective, as facebook is too personal.

Unknown

Here's a suggestion - the social buttons we currently have on the forum are right at the bottom (Twitter, reddit, etc) and they're very out of the way. In fact I rarely scroll down far enough to even see them there, so maybe we could get those moved somewhere else on the page and make them a bit more accessible? It might help people share things on other sites a little easier.

ThirdRockFromTheSun

I'm sure someone suggested this a while ago. I think this would drive us into a Facepunch style, where people just bitch about the likes, or the 'dumb' selections and stuff. Personally, I think it'd mean a lot more if you liked a post, you TELL them you like it.

RemadE

Darth Beaver wrote: »

Hrrrmph, I am still waiting on the buttplug button.

DaGuru may have an arsehole the size of a small planet if that came along.

I approve!