Being liked

[ryanosaur]

If you want to be liked, you might be disappointed. If you are friendly, supportive, somewhat humorous without being snide or cutting... perhaps then.

Of course, sometimes it doesn't matter!

Wheeeee!

 

[Robin L]

Somebody dig up the top ten posts with the most likes, just for, uh, let's say, observation.

I'm gonna guess it will be an Amirm review.

 

[ryanosaur]

Somebody dig up the top ten posts with the most likes, just for, uh, let's say, observation.

Those are probably OPs by Amir on review threads. Does that count?

 

[Jim Taylor]

Some people like you, and some people don't. That's the way the human race is.

Just be yourself. You'll sleep better at night.

 

[Robin L]

Those are probably OPs by Amir on review threads. Does that count?

I'd think so.

 

[ryanosaur]

I'd think so.

Right?! We were separated by seconds with our sentiment.

 

[Mikig]

Some people like you, and some people don't. That's the way the human race is.

Just be yourself. You'll sleep better at night.

Reality. Simple concept, simple answer. Unfortunately the world is forgetting the simple things.

 

[Matt_Holland]

This is obviously not FB or IS, but I wonder how effectively or not are the members using the "like" or similar functions.

I don't have terrible score, but then feel that for the posts that are actually most meaningful, I get none. I am always "polite" and spread the likes as feel like people deserve them for participating in the thread, even if I don't necessarily fully agree with them.

Should I just withhold the likes and keep it for the buddies that like me as well? Or should there be some implied courtesy of liking the posts for the people that took time to post them?

I didn’t actually like your post but I gave it a “like” to help get your score up

 

[Blumlein 88]

Except for that Boris Badinov guy, I have no idea what he's up to.

That dastardly Boris guy is clearly gaming the like system. He mostly posts in the humor thread where it is easy to get likes. On the other hand, a lot of what he posts is pretty funny. So I give him lots of likes. So I guess that means I click like on posts I like for whatever the reason. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Robin L]

That dastardly Boris guy is clearly gaming the like system. He mostly posts in the humor thread where it is easy to get likes. On the other hand, a lot of what he posts is pretty funny. So I give him lots of likes. So I guess that means I click like on posts I like for whatever the reason. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I have no use for humor.

But seriously folks, I spend a lot of time on the endless "Can Anyone Explain the Vinyl Renaissance?" thread.

 

[danadam]

This is obviously not FB or IS, but I wonder how effectively or not are the members using the "like" or similar functions.

I don't have terrible score, but then feel that for the posts that are actually most meaningful, I get none. I am always "polite" and spread the likes as feel like people deserve them for participating in the thread, even if I don't necessarily fully agree with them.

Should I just withhold the likes and keep it for the buddies that like me as well? Or should there be some implied courtesy of liking the posts for the people that took time to post them?

Seems like same topic, so maybe there is some answer there:

Being liked

There was a time, on this forum, when I had about half as many likes as posts. I'm not sure if I was being deliberately naughty at the time or was just less likeable then, but I now have almost as many likes as posts and it puts me in a bit of quandary, because while it is relatively easy to be...

www.audiosciencereview.com

 

[ryanosaur]

I have no use for humor.

But seriously folks, I spend a lot of time on the endless "Can Anyone Explain the Vinyl Renaissance?" thread.

Has an explanation been found?

 

[ryanosaur]

Seems like same topic, so maybe there is some answer there:

Being liked

There was a time, on this forum, when I had about half as many likes as posts. I'm not sure if I was being deliberately naughty at the time or was just less likeable then, but I now have almost as many likes as posts and it puts me in a bit of quandary, because while it is relatively easy to be...

www.audiosciencereview.com

Uh-oh.
I sense an imminent thread merge coming!

 

[Blumlein 88]

I have no use for humor.

But seriously folks, I spend a lot of time on the endless "Can Anyone Explain the Vinyl Renaissance?" thread.

I've thought we need a meta thread. "Can anyone explain the on going Vinyl Renaissance thread going on?"

 

[Robin L]

Has an explanation been found?

We got the answer right off the bat (being physically tangible, mostly), but the paths naturally diverged at post 8 when someone claimed that LPs sound better. Right then the arguing started.

 

[Robin L]

I've thought we need a meta thread. "Can anyone explain the on going Vinyl Renaissance thread going on?"

It's kinda like Festivus.

 

[GD Fan]

Wait, we need a policy for likes? Are we all 12 years old?

 

[RayDunzl]

I have no use for humor.

That's funny.

 

[Robin L]

Wait, we need a policy for likes? Are we all 12 years old?

And on a sugar high.

 

[Somafunk]

I’m on a few forums that utilise a visible “like/thanks/thumbs up” count and other forums where the “likes” are hidden unless you hover over the users avatar or forums where the idea of “likes” is just weird. I prefer the second option to partially conceal the count as I’ve never really liked the idea as it engenders a sense of forum hierarchy/royalty.