The like-button - appropriate for a Christian site?

[Classik]

I don't use it.

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

And no need to pull the trigger, right?

 

[Gary]

And no need to pull the trigger, right?

I have no idea what you're talking about.

 

[Classik]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Kidding

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

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

My avatar has you wondering, eh?

 

[Gary]

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Scoot over

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Early onset of Parkinsons. You oughta have that checked.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

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. ;)

Truthfully, in the end the whole on-line social media thing is a continuation of the high school mentality. We all remember what that's all about--popularity contests, cliques, climbing the social ladder, clamoring for attention, K-Mart jeans.... This really isn't any different, except you don't know what brand of jeans I wear.

 

[Gary]

Early onset of Parkinsons. You oughta have that checked.

It's just a twitch.

 

[Gary]

Scoot over

Looks like you have competition. :yes

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Looks like you have competition. :yes

This is true.

As long as his bad guy isn't badder than mine we'll be fine. :wink

 

[Gary]

All we need now is a Keyser Söze.

 

[WIP]

The staff actually had quite a discussion about the "like" button a while back. Afterward it was decided to keep it in some forums and not in others such as the debate forums. We felt that in the debate forums it could be used inappropriately but thought it was okay to keep it in the other forums.

 

[TOG]

I don't use it.

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

Or they have issues. Have you thought of that? Sometimes (probably most of the time) people get ignored because of their own behavior, not because the person ignoring them has issues.

The TOG​

 

[Gary]

Or they have issues. Have you thought of that? Sometimes (probably most of the time) people get ignored because of their own behavior, not because the person ignoring them has issues.

The TOG​

Nothing is ever one sided so yes, I took that into consideration.

I admit there is a member or two that I ignore on a regular basis. But I am able to do this without the help of the ignore function. It is my belief that by putting someone on the "ignore list", I'm telling God (because He sees everything) that that individuals words aren't worthy to be seen. What they say doesn't count.

I also admit that that's not the reason I don't use the ignore function. I think everybody has a right to be heard. Just because I don't see eye to eye with someone doesn't mean I should discard everything they have to offer. Even a busted clock tells the correct time twice a day.

Anyway, that's just how I feel about this ignore thing. I realize others don't see it as I do and that's ok. We are all separate individuals. How boring would it be if we were all alike?
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[evenifigoalone]

And in the case of verbally abusive individuals? People who are only there to stir up trouble rather than contribute to fruitful discussion?

On here, such individuals are immediately banned--usually before many people see them. But on some sites, the traffic of the site is too busy for the staff to catch them right away, or they operate by different standards, or some other such reason.

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

And in the case of verbally abusive individuals? People who are only there to stir up trouble rather than contribute to fruitful discussion?

On here, such individuals are immediately banned--usually before many people see them. But on some sites, the traffic of the site is too busy for the staff to catch them right away, or they operate by different standards, or some other such reason.

or they operate by different standards,

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Or they have issues. Have you thought of that? Sometimes (probably most of the time) people get ignored because of their own behavior, not because the person ignoring them has issues.

The TOG​

I'll just ignore you said that. (Yeah. Try to untwist that one.)

 

[Jethro Bodine]

I admit there is a member or two that I ignore on a regular basis. But I am able to do this without the help of the ignore function.

Me too.

It is my belief that by putting someone on the "ignore list", I'm telling God (because He sees everything) that that individuals words aren't worthy to be seen. What they say doesn't count.

I don't know if the person who goes on an ignore list knows it or not, but if they do, I see no constructive value in letting them know I've done that to them. In fact, my motivation would most likely be wrong if I feel I need to let them know I'm ignoring them. (Hmm, makes me think of High School again.)

I think everybody has a right to be heard.

I feel one loses that right when they speak in condescending, insulting tones.

We are all separate individuals. How boring would it be if we were all alike?
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Oh, I don't know. After 15 or 20 views, I'm still pretty entertained by this:

 

[evenifigoalone]

or they operate by different standards,

Different sites and staff will naturally have their own perspective. Sometimes trolls know how to toe the line, and not all sites will deal with that in the same way.