Request for Like/Thank Button

[Dargo]

But, EP, there isn’t a “like” button. How can I not use it if it isn’t there?

I'll now translate this into "Gearhead-ese" for myself here:

But EPM, I don't have a Ferrari in my garage. How can I not drive it if it isn't there?

(...okay, and now back to our regular programming...but FIRST, this reminds me here...I think we need a "That's a nice car" thread at THIS website TOO...okay, and NOW back to our regular programming)

[EP Millstone]

LOL

Kind'a flirtin' a bit with danger here by usin' a "HOT button" issue in order to press for a "LIKE button" on these here boards, aren't ya EPM?! LOL

(...don't get me wrong here though, as I DO think your little analogy here is actually a fairly valid one)

Well, I'm a Big Flirt!

In all seriousness and all honesty, whether a Like button and/or other reaction buttons are added to The SSO makes absolutely no difference to me. But if reaction buttons are added, those who want them will use them and those who don't want them won't use them. The Pro folks won't be denying and depriving the Anti folks of anything. Whereas such won't be the case in the reverse situation.

[EP Millstone]

But, EP, there isn’t a “like” button. How can I not use it if it isn’t there?

I'll now translate this into "Gearhead-ese" for myself here:
But EPM, I don't have a Ferrari in my garage. How can I not drive it if it isn't there?
(...okay, and now back to our regular programming...but FIRST, this reminds me here...I think we need a "That's a nice car" thread at THIS website TOO...okay, and NOW back to our regular programming)

Whew! Too metaphysical for me! You boys will have to work out that stuff by yourselves!

Me, I hear a tree falling -- and I'm not even in a forest!

[Dargo]

LOL

Kind'a flirtin' a bit with danger here by usin' a "HOT button" issue in order to press for a "LIKE button" on these here boards, aren't ya EPM?! LOL

(...don't get me wrong here though, as I DO think your little analogy here is actually a fairly valid one)

Well, I'm a Big Flirt!

In all seriousness and all honesty, whether a Like button and/or other reaction buttons are added to The SSO makes absolutely no difference to me. But if reaction buttons are added, those who want them will use them and those who don't want them won't use them. The Pro folks won't be denying and depriving the Anti folks of anything. Whereas such is not the case in the reverse situation.

Uh-huh, and which is pretty much your point made earlier by your use of the aforementioned "hot button issue".

Yep, and a point made of which I'll now reiterate I agree with you about.

(...yep, if and/or when we get a "Like Button" around here, those that DON'T want to use them don't HAVE to...uh-huh, and just like with all the EMOJIS we now have our disposal around here as well...yep, seems a no brainer here to ME, anyway!)

[Dargo]

But, EP, there isn’t a “like” button. How can I not use it if it isn’t there?

I'll now translate this into "Gearhead-ese" for myself here:
But EPM, I don't have a Ferrari in my garage. How can I not drive it if it isn't there?
(...okay, and now back to our regular programming...but FIRST, this reminds me here...I think we need a "That's a nice car" thread at THIS website TOO...okay, and NOW back to our regular programming)

Whew! Too metaphysical for me! You boys will have to work out that stuff by yourselves!

Me, I hear a tree falling -- and I'm not even in a forest!

Btw here EPM, and in regard to this, I believe instead of saying my post was "too METAphysical" for you, you SHOULD have said it was..wait for it.."too METALphysical" for you here!

Get IT? Cars being made out of "metal"?!!!

(...oh, never mind)

[EP Millstone]

Btw here EPM, and in regard to this, I believe instead of saying my post was "too METAphysical" for you, you SHOULD have said it was..wait for it.."too METALphysical" for you here!

Get IT? Cars being made out of "metal"?!!!

(...oh, never mind)

Where's a rubber chicken when you need one? Is there an emoji?

Speakin' o' which, I have an idea for a reaction emoji: A Holstein with a large X or No symbol superimposed over it, signifying "Don't have a cow!"

Such are the genius brainstorms I get in between medications.

[EP Millstone]

Well the only way to settle a dispute is to shoot a game of pool. Me, I go for straight pool, first one to fifty wins. Other fellas like nine ball, always a lot of green with nine ball, and it’s fast like a film noir.

You bring a gun while playing pool? What are you, from Texas?

[Swithin]

"Where's a rubber chicken when you need one? Is there an emoji?"

[Masha]

To apply my analogy to the topic at hand: If you don't want a Like button, don't use it!

Some people wish to empty their chamberpots directly into the stream which runs through the village. Others do not want them to do so.

Your wisdom is that those who do not want chamberpots emptied into their drinking water do not have to empty their chamberpots into the stream.

[laffite]

To Be Filed Under "Going Out on a Limb"

Posit this: One person on Facebook has fifty thousand friends who follow their posts and 'Like' all their opinions. A different person has three friends who borrow each other's tools and constantly argue about which football team is best. Both of these people have the sudden need for help to hide a body before the police arrive. Which one is likely to have to go it alone?

Care to get something off your chest, Masha? You're among "friends." I, for one, promise to keep your secret. Honest! Dependent, of course, on your monthly deposit of a modest stipend (defined by me) in my savings account.

MEANWHILE BACK IN THE COURT (of public opinion): THE PEOPLE (well, some people) vs THE LIKE BUTTON



Exhibit A*, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury

Here's a more cogent argument FOR a Like button:

Fifty thousand women want the right to control their own bodies. But a comparative minority of Puritans refuse them that right. Not only do the Puritans deny themselves the right, they want to deny EVERYONE the right!

To apply my analogy to the topic at hand: If you don't want a Like button, don't use it!

* And I'm not picking on you, Marysara!

But EP, we are human beings and therefore but frail. If there is a LIKE button, it will be clicked. We don't have the will power to maintain our own standards. We sin against ourselves worse that being sinned against by others . Soon the impulse to click on the damn thing will be overwhelming. And then we are on the slippery slope. No, out of sight, out of mind, is the only way.

Bold on that last sentence by laffite (for emphasis)

(Sigh)

[LostHorizons]

LOL

Kind'a flirtin' a bit with danger here by usin' a "HOT button" issue in order to press for a "LIKE button" on these here boards, aren't ya EPM?! LOL

(...don't get me wrong here though, as I DO think your little analogy here is actually a fairly valid one)

Well, I'm a Big Flirt!

In all seriousness and all honesty, whether a Like button and/or other reaction buttons are added to The SSO makes absolutely no difference to me. But if reaction buttons are added, those who want them will use them and those who don't want them won't use them. The Pro folks won't be denying and depriving the Anti folks of anything. Whereas such won't be the case in the reverse situation.

I disagree because it is about the atmosphere that reactions would create. It would be just a totally different set up and lead to stuff like the spammers and the multiple account posters on the other site. We don’t need to go into that again but it should be obvious that it’s not as easy as ignoring a button because it’s not actually about the button but the environment which said button creates.

[EP Millstone]

Some people wish to empty their chamberpots directly into the stream which runs through the village. Others do not want them to do so.

Your wisdom is that those who do not want chamberpots emptied into their drinking water do not have to empty their chamberpots into the stream.

Ahhhh, sewage you're saying is that reaction buttons are similar to the contents of chamberpots? Bilge!

Equating a threat to public health with a "threat" to discussion in a Web forum? Tch! Analogical reasoning is an offal thing to waste, Masha!

How the Like Button Ruined the Internet

[Lomm]

To be honest, I feel that a "like" button discourages interaction and is a net negative in a forum. It's far to easy to just click "like" and move on, which we see on Social Media all the time. A forum like this is meant for discussion, not garnering "likes". I am not going to consider adding this unless we have an OVERWHELMING desire expressed for it. If someone wants to make a poll, go for it. But my inclination is to NOT do a "like" button (or a "dislike" button).

[Hibi]

I'm for adding a like and a laugh button. I think dislike is rude and is not needed especially with a lot less posters here than on the TCM board.

[Swithin]

I'm for adding a like and a laugh button. I think dislike is rude and is not needed especially with a lot less posters here than on the TCM board.