Why do people keep saying this

Your post made me chuckle, but probably not for the reasons you may think…

I used to get uneasy when being served at counter by young ones and they say. 'are you ok'?
Not 'what can I get you'
🤣🤣 I'm over it now. Things change

if only 'this' was the one thing in life that upset me - not that it does, actually.
I could give you a list, but I wont.

If only we had both an Edit button, AND a like/dislike then people wouldn’t get so upset!

Yes, you’re being unreasonable 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

I know, Calli. It's strange. It's 'Agree' and 'Disagree', and is entirely unhelpful as it's anonymous. People don't know whether disagrees are about prices, colours, or what, but particularly on the 'off-topic' threads that are not about knitting/crochet there are obvious feuds going on . The site is very US biased, which could explain some of it, but basically it's human nature, I think.

This!
Sorry couldn’t resist it but I do agree with you.

Joseann

Maybe because four little letters is quicker to type than, I agree with *the poster above*.
Some posters might be in a hurry and not have time to write a fuller comment.

This

RosiesMaw2

I would say it is the verbal equivalent of a tick✔️ or thumbs up 👍 “like”:sign

This!

Crossstitchfan

Doodledog

I think it would soon become a popularity contest, and also that people would stop posting if they didn't get enough validation. I also think the board would get slower if people clicked 'like' instead of posting, and that there are those who would delight in a 'dislike/disagree' button if we had one of those.

I use Ravelry, which is about knitting, so maybe you'd expect it to be friendly and supportive. On the whole it is, but there are those who get 'dislikes' for everything they post. I'm not remotely involved in the politics there, so I don't know the finer points, but it's clearly because they have upset someone who has friends. Human nature can be quite horrible when people can be anonymous.

Doodledog, thank you for taking the time to post. I was shocked by what you said about Ravelry (which, although an occasional knitter I have never heard of). I had no idea that there could be such nastiness in an innocent pastime like knitting!
It would be lovely to be able to raise one’s head above the parapet without being shot at!

I use it occasionally to look for a pattern but have never noticed Likd or Dislike on there.

Who'd have thought even the seemingly lovely crafting world could be subject to scams? Someone who takes a long time to design crochet patterns has had her patterns stolen and sold by a scammer under different guises.
😡

I don't think Like or Dislike is a good idea.

However, Thanks seems to work.

Doodledog

I think it would soon become a popularity contest, and also that people would stop posting if they didn't get enough validation. I also think the board would get slower if people clicked 'like' instead of posting, and that there are those who would delight in a 'dislike/disagree' button if we had one of those.

I use Ravelry, which is about knitting, so maybe you'd expect it to be friendly and supportive. On the whole it is, but there are those who get 'dislikes' for everything they post. I'm not remotely involved in the politics there, so I don't know the finer points, but it's clearly because they have upset someone who has friends. Human nature can be quite horrible when people can be anonymous.

Doodledog, thank you for taking the time to post. I was shocked by what you said about Ravelry (which, although an occasional knitter I have never heard of). I had no idea that there could be such nastiness in an innocent pastime like knitting!
It would be lovely to be able to raise one’s head above the parapet without being shot at!

Ziplok

Sorry, Crossstitchfan, just seen your last reply. Sorry if I’ve come across as rude, certainly not intended. I really should read the whole thread before posting, I suppose 😂.

Thank you, Ziplock and you weren’t rude at all. At least you were kind which some people haven’t been. All this has rather put me off putting my own views forward, to be honest. I didn’t expect such a telling off from others. That’ll teach me!
Thanks again.m

Because you would use the quote facility.

I have seen this used in this context on mumsnet, haven't noticed it on here. However I think it is a good way of agreeing with someone on these type of forums. Unless the person they agree with had just posted or was the original poster, if they said ^I agree with x poster ^who other than that poster would know what they were agreeing with?

I think it would soon become a popularity contest, and also that people would stop posting if they didn't get enough validation. I also think the board would get slower if people clicked 'like' instead of posting, and that there are those who would delight in a 'dislike/disagree' button if we had one of those.

I use Ravelry, which is about knitting, so maybe you'd expect it to be friendly and supportive. On the whole it is, but there are those who get 'dislikes' for everything they post. I'm not remotely involved in the politics there, so I don't know the finer points, but it's clearly because they have upset someone who has friends. Human nature can be quite horrible when people can be anonymous.

This seems like a good idea in principle, and have at times thought 'what a good idea',

but having been a member of another board with "like" buttons (not MNet) it had become a sort of popularity contest to get lots of "likes", particularly the way it was laid out.

It’s a like from me as well, Wyllow3.

I’m a bit puzzled by the MN thank you button. I’ve had a few thank yous when I was just commenting, not being helpful at all, so I suppose it’s just a like under another name.

On the contrary, I think a like button could help, in that respect.

I have suggested a ‘like’ button several times but I get howled down by people who are worrying about gangs and favouritism . Not that any other social media outlets have this issue , must be the particular people on here.

20 pages? 😳

Callistemon213

I think MN has thank you rather than like, which is good and not so divisive.

I like the thank you button on MN. I wish we had the same set up on GN as we do on MN, in that we know when someone has quoted us. It makes the site more interesting and can lead to some good discussions/jokes. I suppose the threads on MN tend to be much longer though (often up to 20 odd pages) so perhaps that's the reason.

😂😂😂

Wyllow3

Callistemon213

Crossstitchfan

Perhaps you could ask GNHQ if we could have a Like or Thank you button on GN.

This seems like a good idea in principle, and have at times thought 'what a good idea',

but having been a member of another board with "like" buttons (not MNet) it had become a sort of popularity contest to get lots of "likes", particularly the way it was laid out.

✔ Like!

I think MN has thank you rather than like, which is good and not so divisive.

Callistemon213

Crossstitchfan

Perhaps you could ask GNHQ if we could have a Like or Thank you button on GN.

This seems like a good idea in principle, and have at times thought 'what a good idea',

but having been a member of another board with "like" buttons (not MNet) it had become a sort of popularity contest to get lots of "likes", particularly the way it was laid out.