I wish we could have a ‘like’ button 👍

We ve been asking for a few things ever since I started on here about 10or more years ago an Edit button is badly needed but no we re not allowed not old enough to know how to use it properly

No I would hate it.

Definitely not, it is divisive and encourages clique formation which would spoil the gn ethos

I often see messages that I would like to show appreciation with a 'Like' or a thumbs up. I don't comment often but I do read and wish I could just 'Like'.

karmalady

Definitely not, it is divisive and encourages clique formation which would spoil the gn ethos

Yes. It has been requested many times over the years, but GNHQ did once give this as the reason why we’re not going to get one. And I agree.

I disagree that it forms cliques…. how?
I often use it on FB but never formed or been part of a clique that’s laughable anyway unless you purposely click on it to check it out you don’t know whose put it there
Gransnet is constantly being accused of having cliques without any form of a smiley face taking place 😳

I d often like to show appreciation of a sane and sensible post or a funny post but don’t need to write anything just for the sake of it
What is there to hate at least you know people have read your post whether they like it or hate it half the time here you write something in good faith which may take you ages to get it right or think of the right words and it’s totally ignored I often feel Im talking to myself 🤣 at least a smiley or scowly face would tell you it had been read

But anyway pointless conversation because we won’t be getting one

BigBertha1

I often see messages that I would like to show appreciation with a 'Like' or a thumbs up. I don't comment often but I do read and wish I could just 'Like'.

Why not just put a 👍 if you like a post.

I agree, BlueBelle.

And this time your post hasn’t been written in vain!

For the photos, recipes and good ideas, yes. And for the TV/Film/Book threads. Also the travel and fashion ones.
Whats left? I guess it's the discussion ones that might make a lot of smiles or scowls look cliquey, but as BB says you would have to trawl through the list to check out who likes or doesn't like.
👍 and 👏 do the job to some extent, or just "I agree", but the problem is you have to make sure it lands immediately after the comment - unless you can be bothered to copy and paste which is tedious.

Maggiemaybe

karmalady

Definitely not, it is divisive and encourages clique formation which would spoil the gn ethos

Yes. It has been requested many times over the years, but GNHQ did once give this as the reason why we’re not going to get one. And I agree.

I agree too.

I think it's quite nice funny when someone comes along and says, "I usually think you're a crackpot, but on this occasion we agree!"

Joseann

I think it's quite nice funny when someone comes along and says, "I usually think you're a crackpot, but on this occasion we agree!"

I can agree with that, Joseanne.

I think it would discourage participation, and yes, unfortunately I think it would encourage cliquiness. There are already lots of people who read but don’t contribute, and I will never forget the lurker who said that she didn’t post herself, but reported anything she felt was not in the spirit of GN. Talk about entitlement!

I think that unless a like button could only be used by someone who had already posted on the relevant thread it would encourage more of that. It’s a discussion board - the least we can do is discuss things .

Oh - back to the schoolyard it is? Sometimes someone puts up a very useful or lovely post and why it should offend people to thank them I just don’t get. Bizarre. Obviously one of those cultural differences I will just have to live with. I won’t ask again, not worth the bother.

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Nothing to do with cultural differences.

I have witnessed a poster being targetted by a clique and it is not pleasant.

MN now has a ‘thanks’ button, where others can thank you for your post.
But only you, the original poster, can see them.
V good idea I think.

Witzend

MN now has a ‘thanks’ button, where others can thank you for your post.
But only you, the original poster, can see them.
V good idea I think.

That’d do it !

nanna8

Witzend

MN now has a ‘thanks’ button, where others can thank you for your post.
But only you, the original poster, can see them.
V good idea I think.

That’d do it !

👍

No thanks. It would make less confidant posters feel uncomfortable if they didn't get any 'likes'.

nanna8

Oh - back to the schoolyard it is? Sometimes someone puts up a very useful or lovely post and why it should offend people to thank them I just don’t get. Bizarre. Obviously one of those cultural differences I will just have to live with. I won’t ask again, not worth the bother.

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Why assume that people who don't want a like button are childish? That's offensive in itself. At least people posting on this thread are explaining why they think how they do, which a simple 'like' or 'dislike' wouldn't do. If you had just got 100 'dislikes' would you have been even more outraged that people don't agree with you?

Nobody is saying that anyone thanking someone else would cause offence - what people are saying is that given the anonymity of GN, and the fact that people can join, read and then never contribute means that there could (and probably would) be people liking or disliking in a targeted manner instead of posting, and posts are what keeps a site like this going.

On another site I use there are 'agree' and 'disagree' buttons, and there are some posters getting 'agree' with everything they say, and others getting 'disagrees' whether they post political views or opinions on Christmas trees - it gets personal, and when having a dig can be done anonymously it brings out the worst in a lot of people. There are often threads asking why someone gets a lot of disagrees, and countless posts asking what it is that has been disagreed with, as it is such a blunt instrument.

Unless people say why they like or dislike something it doesn't help the OP anyway. Fair enough if it is a picture of kittens, but if someone posts that they are wondering about their children's behaviour, or how to keep a plant alive, a 'like' or 'dislike' doesn't add to the conversation and just causes confusion. It might be better if (as on FB) everyone can see who has 'liked' a post.

nanna8

Oh - back to the schoolyard it is? Sometimes someone puts up a very useful or lovely post and why it should offend people to thank them I just don’t get. Bizarre. Obviously one of those cultural differences I will just have to live with. I won’t ask again, not worth the bother.

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Your request for a 👍has been made several times before. Why not just write a short supportive message if you like a post? Marydoll is right. It has nothing to do with cultural differences but everything to do with Gransnet having a comparatively small number of regular posters compared to MN. It would be obvious if a post containing criticism of another person's opinion received a quantity of anonymous 👍👍👍 and that would not be a positive, would it? A thanks button, now that is a possibility.

I don't know why the MN 'thanks' button is anonymous. Why would people want to hide the fact that they have thanked someone, and what is the point?

Gransnet is a business funded by advertising, the longer you are on here the more ads you will see, pressing like and moving on would not keep you on as long as commenting.

As for editing, just press preview instead of post then re-read.

All just too weird for me, don’t get it at all so we will have to agree to disagree. A thanks button would be good, at least it’s something. I really don’t care that much, just something I would like personally.