Like Button Poll?

[Gill-b]

Can anyone tell me if there has been a pole done to determine what members use the "like" button for?

I am interested to know if there is a general consensus to its meaning; or if the "like" button is, for want of a better word, "misunderstood".

I personally use the "like" button as a way to confirm that I have read the post and that I have appreciated the content regardless of whether or not I agree with it... but maybe I am using the button incorrectly?


...and I use the "love" button to communicate that I really liked the post, lol. If that makes sense?

I have made this following comment on another thread, but I think it appropriate to repeat it here... If the occasion should arise where I find myself looking at a post like a dog with its head tilted to one side - trying to understand, but the information is just not being comprehended - in this case I might not respond due to lack of knowing how. This happens more often than one might think, lol; especially when things become too theoretical for my more creative mind.

As Lazy Farmer said...

Maybe I should be more conservative with my likes and use the feature more sparingly Lol.

[Edited to correct a spelling mistake.]

 

[tranquiliti]

Can anyone tell me if there has been a [poll] done to determine what members use the "like" button for?

I am interested to know if there is a general consensus to its meaning; or if the "like" button is, for want of a better word, "misunderstood".

It’s probably safe to assume “no harm, no foul” when something as innocuous as the “Like” reaction is employed.

(There are, of course, exceptions when brilliant humour is expressed: only to be met with fleeting acknowledgment rather than coveted guffaws. Alas.)​

 

[Gill-b]

As long as I am not unknowingly annoying anyone with an abundance of "likes"

 

[Gill-b]

It’s probably safe to assume “no harm, no foul” when something as innocuous as the “Like” reaction is employed.

(There are, of course, exceptions when brilliant humour is expressed: only to be met with fleeting acknowledgment rather than coveted guffaws. Alas.)​

I have had me think... and you are absolutely right. I am being over sensitive to semantics; and I don't think knowing how others use the "like" button will change the way I use it...

...because it does not matter if I miss the target once in a while as long as we are all shooting in the same direction...

...only, I am getting older and my eyesight to see the target is worsening in this ever changing world of social media communication.


Just yesterday I had to ask what the term "flipper" is (seen in the Pigeons and Doves section); and I had to look up what "imo" means.

 

[TwoCrows]

I have had me think... and you are absolutely right. I am being over sensitive to semantics; and I don't think knowing how others use the "like" button will change the way I use it...

...because it does not matter if I miss the target once in a while as long as we are all shooting in the same direction...

...only, I am getting older and my eyesight to see the target is worsening in this ever changing world of social media communication.


Just yesterday I had to ask what the term "flipper" is (seen in the Pigeons and Doves section); and I had to look up what "imo" means.

Like this? (And no insult to you, this is definitely me!)

 

[Gill-b]

Like this? (And no insult to you, this is definitely me!)
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What does IDK mean?!

 

[TwoCrows]

What does IDK mean?!

IRDK.... (I really don't know )

 

[Gill-b]

IRDK.... (I really don't know )

 

[TwoCrows]

Back at you!

 

[casportpony]

Can anyone tell me if there has been a pole done to determine what members use the "like" button for?

I am interested to know if there is a general consensus to its meaning; or if the "like" button is, for want of a better word, "misunderstood".

I personally use the "like" button as a way to confirm that I have read the post and that I have appreciated the content regardless of whether or not I agree with it... but maybe I am using the button incorrectly?


...and I use the "love" button to communicate that I really liked the post, lol. If that makes sense?

I have made this following comment on another thread, but I think it appropriate to repeat it here... If the occasion should arise where I find myself looking at a post like a dog with its head tilted to one side - trying to understand, but the information is just not being comprehended - in this case I might not respond due to lack of knowing how. This happens more often than one might think, lol; especially when things become too theoretical for my more creative mind.

As Lazy Farmer said...


[Edited to correct a spelling mistake.]

I don't think we have done a poll for this, but I think it's a great idea! Maybe we could do a poll for each of the reactions.