A like button?

Well it's just that some people may be lacking in confidence and do not feel they can find the words to challenge someone's view. But they are happy when another poster says what they are thinking and may want to show support for that post. A button would enable them to have a voice.

Having said that Chestnut even the ‘Like’ wouldn’t be anonymous? In fb you can see who posted or or or

Chestnut

Someone like that would be happy to click on a 'like' button because it's anonymous. That's why I feel it would benefit those people.

Likes aren't anonymous on Facebook, or Linked in. I think they are on Twitter.

I think anonymous is a new requirement.

Surely we're not saying we want to be more like Twitter

Agree Chestnut

That has happened to me too Chestnut
It is a sad state of affairs isn’t it

I agree with chestnut.

Someone like that would be happy to click on a 'like' button because it's anonymous. That's why I feel it would benefit those people.

Well someone contacted me privately to say how much they agreed with my post but were reluctant to put anything themselves, so it does happen. How many people feel like that I don't know because most of the time this is a hidden problem.

I think all the bullies should be reported to GNHQ and removed from the site.

That would show them.

I think that solution in that situation is to get rid of the bullies.

If posters are so scared of bullies that they won’t even comment on here, it’s an extremely sad state of affairs

But surely a green button would give those who are not confident a chance to show what they think without putting themselves on the line and being bullied.

Chestnut I think quite the opposite.
I think that it’s the bullies and disreputables who would benefit from a like button.
They always manage to turn things to their advantage

I think the less confident posters would benefit from an agree/disagree button. They may not be confident enough to write something for fear of being torn down, but they can show their support for someone who has posted what they think. The bullies would be put in their place when the post has lots of green flags from those less confident posters.

I’m still on the site Next Door.
It is actually really dreary and sad the way that hardly anyone leaves a comment.

They just leave a ‘reaction’, ie they click on a heart icon.

I’ve started a group on there specifically for chatting.

It’s a bit Orwellian, come to think of it; the simplification and erosion of thought and expression - either ? or ? ; or

I’d rather put it into words than have a like button. I’d love an edit button, but it would have to have a time limit, or posts could be edited to say something totally different.

I don't see it as,any different than people agreeing with others in a sentence.
Unless a person is calling me a big fat pig and has lots of likes on that opinion, it makes no difference to me, because people disagree here regularly.

They probably work better on larger forums where posters don't 'know' each other.

But on a smallish forum like this one where many of the same names appear on threads it could encourage cliquiness and popularity contests.

No, I wouldn’t like a ‘like’ button and a ‘dislike’ button would be even worse.

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And a panic button,with or without an ejector seat.

Oh yes. That would come in very handy!

It would be an awful idea, with people vying for “likes” and others feeling excluded. Why do we need constant back patting I wonder?

And a panic button,with or without an ejector seat.

Yes I'd love an edit button. A time limited one that just allows you to correct any typos.

An ignore button would be good when a poster is really trying to aggravate you, or following you around the place to harass you. Might calm things down.

An edit button would be useful. I know we can preview but it would still be useful.

I used to think it would be a good idea. However I have seen some ganging up on here (not much, but it's unpleasant when it happens) and think a like button would probably be abused by some posters.

And a correction button!