The like-button - appropriate for a Christian site?

[Classik]

I'm beginnnnnnnnning to think the like button isnt appropriate for us. What are we liking and what are we detesting? This is very similar to the Ignore button.

may bring kind of division: you like posts that agree with your own line of thought and ignore or detest ones that dont agree with your stance.

i have notied that excellent posts here get ignored...at times when A corrects B. ;)

 

[Gary]

I don't have a problem with it. It's a way of giving someone a thumbs up or a pat on the back. It's a way of letting someone know that you share their thoughts or that you found their joke humorous. More often than not that little nudge of appreciation is a day brightener for many people.

My solution: If one doesn't like the "Like" function, don't use it.


But that's just me.
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[Willie T]

I'm beginnnnnnnnning to think the like button isnt appropriate for us. What are we liking and what are we detesting? This is very similar to the Ignore button.

may bring kind of division: you like posts that agree with your own line of thought and ignore or detest ones that dont agree with your stance.

i have notied that excellent posts here get ignored...at times when A corrects B. ;)

Would you be able to name and locate the afore mentioned "excellent posts"?

 

[reba]

I'm beginnnnnnnnning to think the like button isnt appropriate for us. What are we liking and what are we detesting? This is very similar to the Ignore button.

may bring kind of division: you like posts that agree with your own line of thought and ignore or detest ones that dont agree with your stance.

i have notied that excellent posts here get ignored...at times when A corrects B. ;)

Try this Classik "excellent post "

 

[Christ_empowered]

I don't see what the problem is. I like the "like" button because it can help give positive feed back. People here are also kind enough to ignore less than awesome, sometimes tactless posts. No big deal.

 

[Willie T]

Try this Classik "excellent post "

Gee.... I wasn't going to come right out and SAY it.

 

[Classik]

PMing?

 

[ReginaForbes]

As long as we don't have a "I don't like your post go away!" Button I'm cool. Plus it's nice to have a liked post every now and then. It's easier than replying when you really don't have all that much to say besides "good post, I agree".

 

[reba]

some of the games Classik plays are fun...

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

I'm beginnnnnnnnning to think the like button isnt appropriate for us. What are we liking and what are we detesting? This is very similar to the Ignore button.

may bring kind of division: you like posts that agree with your own line of thought and ignore or detest ones that dont agree with your stance.

i have notied that excellent posts here get ignored...at times when A corrects B. ;)

I agree Classik, it is a form of favoritism.
We like what we like and ignore what we don't.
But it is not wrong.
If we were in person and you quoted something I liked, I would tell you so.
It's the same thing as giving a like here on the forum.
People form different "camps" so to speak.
Certain people we agree with more than others.
That's all it is.
Sometimes after getting to know someone better, we start giving them likes or stop giving them likes.
And that attitude can see saw for a long time.

Likes is a form of expression.
Sometimes a reply is not necessary but you want that person to know you are in agreement with them.
It is a form of positive feedback.
If we did not get any positive feedback once in a while, we probably would move on eventually, thinking that no one agrees with you on anything.

It is a way to encourage others to continue to express their feelings on all types of issues, and that's important for all of us.
And then maybe someday we can all give each other enough likes so that we can all pass Reba.

 

[Gary]

PMing?

Chinese slang?..

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[Classik]

Is that you, allen? You look like the legendary A. Robben of Bayern

 

[Classik]

silent about the ignore list?

 

[Gary]

silent about the ignore list?

I don't use it.

If someone upsets you so much that you need to block their words from your view, you have issues.

 

[Deborah13]

YIKE. I like the like button but when I voted I said yes when I meant No. Sorry. :blush

 

[Gary]

YIKE. I like the like button but when I voted I said yes when I meant No. Sorry. :blush

 

[evenifigoalone]

silent about the ignore list?

The ignore list has a legitimate use. I rarely use it (and not here because last I was told staff aren't allowed to), but I use it sometimes on other sites. Really just for people who harass you. It is possible to use the feature in the wrong way, if you ignore people just for disagreeing with you or something, but when used correctly you can prevent unnecessary conflicts and hassle.

Sorry, but if some guy posts profanity filled rants about my political views and/or religion all over my dA profile and gallery uploads (or something as petty as what I ship in the shows I watch, as on sites like tumblr), I have no reason to let them to continue irritating me.
....though I will also say, that I have yet to actually put one of those ranting people on ignore. Normally they don't stick around too long because I don't make myself a target...they get bored and go away because I normally don't respond to trolls.

Most of the time I have used the blocking feature on sites, which hasn't been often at all...well, on dA, people have a favorites collection, and at one point it was popular for people to make a folder in their favorites collection for stuff that went against their views and that they wished to make fun of. (The titles for these collections would be along the lines of, "hilarious idiocy", "stupid crap", "these people are stupid", etc.) Used to be blocking people would remove your stuff from these collections.
That, and on tumblr, people are petty and knock each other's teeth out for shipping a rival pairing. I get tired of seeing anti posts in the tag for a pairing I support. Blocking is better than stooping to their level.

 

[Edward]

Aw, you're over thinking this one Classik, lol. The like button is a good feature. It allows one to slip in an agreement with a post, without interrupting the continuity of the thread if a couple/few people have a good conversation going.

For it to be over-used or to form "camps" as was suggested is possible I suppose, but slightly juvenile and not done in any fashion that I have seen on this forum. With all the disagreement here I don't think 'camps' are an issue, lol.

I like the feature.
I've never used the ignore button. I'm not even sure what it does. Make their post not visible to you? Stop sending you notifications that the person posted? When people post hostile or provocative things I simply ignore them myself, or respond to the post but not the hostility.Bait, that's what they are. You don't have to take the bait.

 

[Blake]

With every opportunity that arises to provoke you to anger and you quench it in both yourself and your perceived enemy, grace abounds and a victory is claimed in Christ. Let iron sharpen iron, and let not the sun go down on your anger. Forums can be toughen hides and stir up the pride once in awhile, but let your reactions be a ministry.

 

[Gary]

For it to be over-used or to form "camps" as was suggested is possible I suppose, but slightly juvenile and not done in any fashion that I have seen on this forum. With all the disagreement here I don't think 'camps' are an issue, lol.

Matthew 5
37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.


You either like the post or you don't. (yes,yes,no,no)

Analyzing the motives behind someone's "Like", I believe, falls under the category of "whatsoever is more".


Just my opinion of course.
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