Request for Like/Thank Button

[Hibi]

This is off topic, but is there a way to see a members list to this board? Some former posters on TCM are MIA and I'm trying to see who's here. I know some joined Tops board.

[EP Millstone]

This is off topic, but is there a way to see a members list to this board? Some former posters on TCM are MIA and I'm trying to see who's here. I know some joined Tops board.

Hibi,

Click Quick links below the pic of Myrna Loy to see a Members link.

[Hibi]

This is off topic, but is there a way to see a members list to this board? Some former posters on TCM are MIA and I'm trying to see who's here. I know some joined Tops board.

Hibi,

Click Quick links below the pic of Myrna Loy to see a Members link.

Thanks!

[Masha]

To be honest, I feel that a "like" button discourages interaction and is a net negative in a forum. It's far to easy to just click "like" and move on, which we see on Social Media all the time. A forum like this is meant for discussion, not garnering "likes". I am not going to consider adding this unless we have an OVERWHELMING desire expressed for it. If someone wants to make a poll, go for it. But my inclination is to NOT do a "like" button (or a "dislike" button).

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The only social media feature which I find interesting is: Reddit Recap. This is an annual review of your browsing statistics on the site. There are various aspects which are covered. The one which I find both helpful and disturbing is:

[Dargo]

The only social media feature which I find interesting is: Reddit Recap. This is an annual review of your browsing statistics on the site. There are various aspects which are covered. The one which I find both helpful and disturbing is:

Hmmm...I wonder if the person who came up with this idea as some sort of measurement was a big Jackie Gleason fan???

[Swithin]

To be honest, I feel that a "like" button discourages interaction and is a net negative in a forum. It's far to easy to just click "like" and move on, which we see on Social Media all the time. A forum like this is meant for discussion, not garnering "likes". I am not going to consider adding this unless we have an OVERWHELMING desire expressed for it. If someone wants to make a poll, go for it. But my inclination is to NOT do a "like" button (or a "dislike" button).

I guess I disagree. Using a "like" button has nothing to do with "garnering likes;" it's just a simple way for the responder to respond quickly and then move on. That same poster will no doubt spend more in-depth time on other posts/threads.

Despite the many problems, altercations, etc. on the TCM Board, to my knowledge the use of the various buttons never impacted anything negatively. It certainly didn't minimize conversation! The only button that could be confusing at times was the "sad" button, which could be taken different ways.

I would not want to see a "dislike" button.

(I will continue to use a "like" icon when I feel it's relevant; it just takes up so much more space than a simple button would! Hibi's post about wanting to see a list of members is a good example. I simply wanted to register agreement with him, I don't need to say anything apart from "like.")

[Swithin]

This is off topic, but is there a way to see a members list to this board? Some former posters on TCM are MIA and I'm trying to see who's here. I know some joined Tops board.

[Hibi]

To be honest, I feel that a "like" button discourages interaction and is a net negative in a forum. It's far to easy to just click "like" and move on, which we see on Social Media all the time. A forum like this is meant for discussion, not garnering "likes". I am not going to consider adding this unless we have an OVERWHELMING desire expressed for it. If someone wants to make a poll, go for it. But my inclination is to NOT do a "like" button (or a "dislike" button).

I guess I disagree. Using a "like" button has nothing to do with "garnering likes;" it's just a simple way for the responder to respond quickly and then move on. That same poster will no doubt spend more in-depth time on other posts/threads.

Despite the many problems, altercations, etc. on the TCM Board, to my knowledge the use of the various buttons never impacted anything negatively. It certainly didn't minimize conversation! The only button that could be confusing at times was the "sad" button, which could be taken different ways.

I would not want to see a "dislike" button.

(I will continue to use a "like" icon when I feel it's relevant; it just takes up so much more space than a simple button would!)

AGREE. Sometimes a LIKE or LAUGH is all that's needed. No discussion required! Who cares how many likes one has???

[EP Millstone]

I have created a poll "Do you want a Like button?"

The poll ends December 22. You have the opportunity to change your vote.

Vote early! Vote often!

[Dargo]

To be honest, I feel that a "like" button discourages interaction and is a net negative in a forum. It's far to easy to just click "like" and move on, which we see on Social Media all the time. A forum like this is meant for discussion, not garnering "likes". I am not going to consider adding this unless we have an OVERWHELMING desire expressed for it. If someone wants to make a poll, go for it. But my inclination is to NOT do a "like" button (or a "dislike" button).

I guess I disagree. Using a "like" button has nothing to do with "garnering likes;" it's just a simple way for the responder to respond quickly and then move on. That same poster will no doubt spend more in-depth time on other posts/threads.

Despite the many problems, altercations, etc. on the TCM Board, to my knowledge the use of the various buttons never impacted anything negatively. It certainly didn't minimize conversation! The only button that could be confusing at times was the "sad" button, which could be taken different ways.

I would not want to see a "dislike" button.

(I will continue to use a "like" icon when I feel it's relevant; it just takes up so much more space than a simple button would! Hibi's post about wanting to see a list of members is a good example. I simply wanted to register agreement with him, I don't need to say anything apart from "like.")

[Masha]

Hmmm...I wonder if the person who came up with this idea as some sort of measurement was a big Jackie Gleason fan???

A unit of length common on both: Reddit and: Imgur is the: SBU. That stands for: Standard Banana Unit. One of the items in: Reddit Recap is the distance which you scrolled on the site in the past year. Some users report that they have scrolled hundreds of thousands of the length of a banana.

[Dargo]

Hmmm...I wonder if the person who came up with this idea as some sort of measurement was a big Jackie Gleason fan???

A unit of length common on both: Reddit and: Imgur is the: SBU. That stands for: Standard Banana Unit. One of the items in: Reddit Recap is the distance which you scrolled on the site in the past year. Some users report that they have scrolled hundreds of thousands of the length of a banana.

So what's that in "cubits" I wonder?!

(...asked for those around here who still might be using a dial-up internet connection, you understand)

[EP Millstone]

Good points all around. I think everybody will admit they love seeing those icons when they log in telling you somebody read your post and responded. But it’s like Lomm says, this really should be a discussion board and not a Facebook type thing. However, the quote feature is definitely annoying, especially the double quotes. We certainly are of all capable of “quoting” only a line or two to in our posts to make the point. I’m for making this message board as old school as can be. You read what’s been posted and you reply if you feel like it.

Yeah but, Thompson, you're reading posts on a smartphone.

I don't have a smartphone. But I looked at the SSO on my old-timer's flip phone, and the layout was not "reader-friendly."

So I can imagine that the experience that you have using a phone is not the same experience that I have using a computer. I suspect that the quotes, emojis, and "bells and whistles" make reading posts on a phone rather difficult.

[HoldenIsHere]

To be honest, I feel that a "like" button discourages interaction and is a net negative in a forum. It's far to easy to just click "like" and move on, which we see on Social Media all the time. A forum like this is meant for discussion, not garnering "likes". I am not going to consider adding this unless we have an OVERWHELMING desire expressed for it. If someone wants to make a poll, go for it. But my inclination is to NOT do a "like" button (or a "dislike" button).

I guess I disagree. Using a "like" button has nothing to do with "garnering likes;" it's just a simple way for the responder to respond quickly and then move on. That same poster will no doubt spend more in-depth time on other posts/threads.

Despite the many problems, altercations, etc. on the TCM Board, to my knowledge the use of the various buttons never impacted anything negatively. It certainly didn't minimize conversation! The only button that could be confusing at times was the "sad" button, which could be taken different ways.

I would not want to see a "dislike" button.

(I will continue to use a "like" icon when I feel it's relevant; it just takes up so much more space than a simple button would!)

AGREE. Sometimes a LIKE or LAUGH is all that's needed. No discussion required! Who cares how many likes one has???

Hibi, as you may recall there were a few posters on the old TCM boards who took pride in their "reputation points" that were based on the number of "likes" that their posts received.

There was even one extremely annoying poster who created a thread called "What Do Likes Mean?"

[LawrenceA]

Hibi, as you may recall there were a few posters on the old TCM boards who took pride in their "reputation points" that were based on the number of "likes" that their posts received.

There was even one extremely annoying poster who created a thread called "What Do Likes Mean?"

Was there more than just that one, though? He's the only one that I ever saw making a big deal out of it, beyond cracking jokes about it.