[Foundation-l] Like button

[M. Williamson]

Rui, I meant the "impersonal you", not the direct you.

2011/8/10 Rui Correia <correia.rui at gmail.com>

> M. Williamson
>
> Obviousy I post my thoughts where these make a contribution. It says so
> below "leave a comment or leave it alone".
>
> Rui
>
> 2011/8/10 M. Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com>
>
> > Or, Rui, perhaps you have plenty of original thoughts and are a very
> > intelligent person and you post all of your original thoughts, but it
> seems
> > a bit stupid and like a waste of space to say "thank you for saying that"
> > or
> > "i agree with you" every time you agree with someone and have no
> > disagreement nor a more nuanced position to add to the discussion.
> >
> >
> > 2011/8/10 Rui Correia <correia.rui at gmail.com>
> >
> > > Hi Milos
> > >
> > > I am not quite sure I follow.
> > > "Those who like would have to go to diffs" ?
> > > "which would leave the button to more engaged editors"?
> > >
> > > I personally find the "like button" on Facebook the dumbest idea ever -
> > it
> > > means you are too stupid or too lazy to think up anything and just go
> > > around
> > > clicking "like" all over the place. It impoverishes the process, as
> where
> > > there is a "like" there could have been a enriching comment. For a
> > > beautiful
> > > photo, yes, for an intelligent quotation, yes, but for everything else,
> > > leave a comment or leave it alone. What does the like refer to? If I
> add
> > > "police beat up protesters", and someone comes along and "likes" it,
> does
> > > the "like" refer to:
> > > 1. the police beating up the protesters? ("I support them!")
> > > 2. me contributing the information - regardless of its quality? ("this
> is
> > > news to me")
> > > 3. the fact that the information was good and well constructed? ("this
> is
> > > well written")
> > > See the point?
> > >
> > > Rui
> > >
> > >
> > > 2011/8/10 Milos Rancic <millosh at gmail.com>
> > >
> > > > Thinking loudly: I think that something like like button for edits
> > > > would give more reasons to continue with editing. Those who like
> would
> > > > have to go to diffs, which would leave the button to more engaged
> > > > editors and thus almost strictly internal community issue. Could be
> > > > discussed more about options and technical implementation.
> > > >
> > > > Thoughts?
> > > >
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