[Foundation-l] Like button

[Rui Correia]

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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I am away from Johannesburg - you cannot contact me on my South African
numbers
Estou fora de Joanesburgo - não poderá entrar em contacto comigo através dos
meus números sul-africanos

Rui Correia
Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Consultant
Angola Liaison Consultant

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