Like button

I think lemongrove has a point. It would be useful if there was a facility to refer readers to a previous post in the same thread rather than quote from it. Quotes can sometimes lose context. Perhaps it would be possible to select a previous post and include a bookmark of some kind in your own post so other readers can click the link and refer to the post in question, then return to whatever they were reading/writing. This is technically quite difficult and a bit of a challenge. I sometimes refer to the time and date of a post for clarity but it's a faff for both the reader and writer of a post.

As to having a ‘like’ button, I dislike the idea that some GNs might feel socially excluded because they didn't get enough ‘likes’ and needed to appease their GN ‘friends’! (I include myself in this group, I was always last to be picked at school!)

That’s the problem with an edit button, it can make reading posts difficult if they don’t follow on from each other.
The only worthwhile button would be a quote facility, instead of typing out what another poster has said and then answering it.

Not an extended edit button, but just one for a short period perhaps? 5 minutes?
Otherwise following posts may not make sense.

I’d rather have an edit button, I’m always discovering typos after I’ve hit ‘post’! I know I need to reread and slow down but an edit button would be so wonderful (are you listening GNHQ?)

Well done kittylester
I like it!

Good posts maryeliza Jalima - see what I did there!!

henetha

Like ?

If that works, it's the first time I've tried it!

Oh please don't do this. I won't get any and that will upset me terribly!

Oh you mean FB- sorry

You don’t mean MN do you?

I'm really not interested in that Jalima and maryeliza - it doesn't answer my question does it.

Thank you Lucy; I thought this had been discussed before. I did not realise some people were against an idea much used on your other platform.

I agree

(that's another one)

Here is how to do a like button ‘ Good post x ‘

I'm not sure that it is a good idea; if someone started a thread or contributed to one because they wanted advice on personal problems then getting 'dislikes' or 'thumbs down' in response to their posts could really make them feel more despondent or even, in rare cases, tip them over the edge.

At the very least it could deter people from contributing to GN at all.