I wish we could have a ‘like’ button 👍

Marydoll

Parsley3

nanna8

Oh Quokka people might gang up on others and laugh at them. You have to be careful 😁😁😁

Just as you are laughing at people who have told you of their negative experiences on GN.

You have no idea nanna8 or you wouldn't be so facetious nor dismissive.

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Parsley3

nanna8

Oh Quokka people might gang up on others and laugh at them. You have to be careful 😁😁😁

Just as you are laughing at people who have told you of their negative experiences on GN.

You have no idea nanna8 or you wouldn't be so facetious nor dismissive.

nanna8

Oh Quokka people might gang up on others and laugh at them. You have to be careful 😁😁😁

Just as you are laughing at people who have told you of their negative experiences on GN.

Oh Quokka people might gang up on others and laugh at them. You have to be careful 😁😁😁

I’d also like a laugh button. Just been reading some quirky posts that made me lol.

I’m probably showing my ignorance here, but what does properly threaded topics mean?

I would love a like button and also properly threaded topics!

A lot of forums don't have an edit facility. It's really annoying, but I do understand why. It can lead to people editing posts to make others look bad, and can cause trouble. Some places I know allow editing within the first five minutes, or edits that can be viewed later, to minimise the chance of this happening.

I would really like the chance to edit for ambiguity or the sort of poor sentence structure that I never notice until I have posted, even after using the preview facility.

We are not to be trusted with like buttons.

This is the only forum I know of that has neither a like or edit facility. It’s ridiculous sometimes having to repeat something that someone has said when all I want to do is agree with it. I’m rather suspicious of the motivations behind it. Maybe it creates more posts?

nanna8

Well there’s a thought. You are awful, but I like you - Dick Emery ?

😆
Maybe it's better to provoke a response than to be ignored!?

I’m feeling very blessed and fortunate that the nasty pasties didn’t come my way recently. I didn’t realise they were still around though when I first stated, a few years back, there was a group of them who were atrocious. They flew off, thankfully. I was about to leave for pastures greener and newer.

Well there’s a thought. You are awful, but I like you - Dick Emery ?

I agree too. I was fairly new to GN when the put downs and mocking came my way, but I stuck with GN because 99% of posters I encountered could still interact pleasantly politely enough. So we would need a disagree though I like you personally button!!

Parsley3

Maggiemaybe

Yes, of course it would. But in practice, what’s the difference? Perhaps you’ve never noticed anyone being mocked or put down on GN by someone with an obvious dislike for them? I’ve seen it too many times. Some members have left GN because of it. And sadly the person having their fun can be a popular one, the sort who’s sweetness and light to others, and has “friends” just because they post regularly, or use private messaging a lot. If those people add a shower of likes to the bitchy comments, don’t you think that would add to the upset?

And if anyone doubts that there are cliques on GN, I was once sent a pm in error detailing how “we” were going to get rid of a particular member by targetting her posts. Now that was an eye opener. I don’t think there’s anything like as much of it going on now, but who knows?

This.

Exactly. I couldn't have put it better.

Maggiemaybe

Yes, of course it would. But in practice, what’s the difference? Perhaps you’ve never noticed anyone being mocked or put down on GN by someone with an obvious dislike for them? I’ve seen it too many times. Some members have left GN because of it. And sadly the person having their fun can be a popular one, the sort who’s sweetness and light to others, and has “friends” just because they post regularly, or use private messaging a lot. If those people add a shower of likes to the bitchy comments, don’t you think that would add to the upset?

And if anyone doubts that there are cliques on GN, I was once sent a pm in error detailing how “we” were going to get rid of a particular member by targetting her posts. Now that was an eye opener. I don’t think there’s anything like as much of it going on now, but who knows?

This.

Yes, of course it would. But in practice, what’s the difference? Perhaps you’ve never noticed anyone being mocked or put down on GN by someone with an obvious dislike for them? I’ve seen it too many times. Some members have left GN because of it. And sadly the person having their fun can be a popular one, the sort who’s sweetness and light to others, and has “friends” just because they post regularly, or use private messaging a lot. If those people add a shower of likes to the bitchy comments, don’t you think that would add to the upset?

And if anyone doubts that there are cliques on GN, I was once sent a pm in error detailing how “we” were going to get rid of a particular member by targetting her posts. Now that was an eye opener. I don’t think there’s anything like as much of it going on now, but who knows?

Oh and I certainly never said anything about a dislike button. That would be awful.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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 !

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