Like or dislike - Up vote, down vote button

No thank you. I would rather have an edit button if we were to ask for anything.

Thank you all for your replies.

As I said earlier it was more to 'like' peoples comments, as I do many. As a 'Hear Hear' I agree.
So I should have put more thought into it.

No from me.

No thanks all the same.

No

MerylStreep

Those in favour have no idea how much bad feeling it would cause.
How many times has the word cliques been thrown at posters.

I agree with your post, MerylStreep.

No. Definitely a devisive idea. An edit button would be far better.

Yes from me. Won’t happen, though.

Certainly not a dislike button but no one is asking for that. Maybe just call it an appreciation button if people are so challenged by a yes. Can’t believe the responses on here, really but hey, ours not to reason why.

nanna8

Certainly not a dislike button but no one is asking for that. Maybe just call it an appreciation button if people are so challenged by a yes. Can’t believe the responses on here, really but hey, ours not to reason why.

You obviously have never been at the receiving end of a pile on here. Some posters have.

However, I don't think it happens very often now.

I don’t get any bad feeling on fb just a thumbs up tells you people have read and appreciated what you said
9/10 times when you write something on here you feel invisible

It doesn’t need a thumbs down button at all I wouldn’t want that

Nanna8 I m completely with you I don’t understand the feelings on here at all
No ones suggesting a thumbs down button just a positive one

Facebook and mumsnet/gransnet are completely different sites (thank god) I wouldnt have political discussions on Facebook for example.

Marydoll

nanna8

Certainly not a dislike button but no one is asking for that. Maybe just call it an appreciation button if people are so challenged by a yes. Can’t believe the responses on here, really but hey, ours not to reason why.

You obviously have never been at the receiving end of a pile on here. Some posters have.

However, I don't think it happens very often now.

Marydoll, I think that the problem here is that the majority responding so vehemently against a 'like' button are envisaging something totally different from those of us who are in favour. A simple 'like' button (as opposed to one that allows people to 'dislike' too) is a very supportive thing, and really can't be used to 'pile on' an individual. It is just a really quick, simple way to let the poster know that you liked something about their post. If other posters wanted to be nasty about it instead, they would still have to resort to posting their responses in the usual way.

If we had a 'like' button, I would simply have used that to indicate my agreement with nanna8's post above (plus a few others on the thread), rather than typing a boring response ☺

I know what a like button is! It is partly why Facebook is the site it is. Not a site I think holds any value in terms of debate.

Ah, well, I hate and usually ignore the like button on Facebook, because to me it feels very false, given that I know all the people whose posts I am viewing and am probably expected to respond to. But as you said above, Facebook and Gransnet (and, to me, all discussion forums) are very different things.

Marydoll, I think that the problem here is that the majority responding so vehemently against a 'like' button are envisaging something totally different from those of us who are in favour. A simple 'like' button (as opposed to one that allows people to 'dislike' too) is a very supportive thing, and really can't be used to 'pile on' an individual

I understand fully what you are saying. Oldnproud, however, I feel that it can still be used in a negative way, if a group of posters collaborate. I don't want to elaborate why I feel this way.

I share your concern Marydoll. Furthermore, the use of the button would be anonymous. With actual replies, even just an emoji, we can all see who is supportive or otherwise of a post. Much healthier I think.

moneysavingexpert had such a button and cliques quickly developed, so much so that good posters, with lots of wisdom, vanished. Bluebelle, I am sorry that you feel invisible. It is nice to read your posts but why would you need that self-assurance of a like button? Perhaps lacking in confidence as many are. The self-confident do not need a like button

I have always considered BlueBelle to be highly visible. She and I don’t always agree but I read her posts with interest and, if I have something to say, respond. The ‘something’ can be simply a 👏 or a 👍🏻 or a 😱 but it’s a response.

I think the [thumbs up] emoji is a good compromise, so I'll probably use that in future, where appropriate.

Well it looks like the emoji will only work when using my phone- I typed that reply on my laptop...

BlueBelle
You’re not invisible to me. I always read your posts and very well put they are. I don’t always agree with you, though 😁

nanna8
We ( those of us who think it’s a bad idea) aren’t being awkward. We are basing this opinion after being on GN for many years ( me, 2011) I remember very well the incident MaryDoll alludes too. Some posters were like a pack of hyena’s.

MerylStreep

nanna8
We ( those of us who think it’s a bad idea) aren’t being awkward. We are basing this opinion after being on GN for many years ( me, 2011) I remember very well the incident MaryDoll alludes too. Some posters were like a pack of hyena’s.

👍😉