Well if we want more drama here, we could extend this feature to charter members only.
{Bloody Mary}
You no like?
{/Bloody Mary}
Just call me a Cockeyed Optimist.
And then make it so that approximately 40% of the time you try to use it, the board throws a database error and then you can’t log in for five minutes afterward.
I’m just throwing ideas out here, people.
Indeed!
We descend further and further into Newspeak with each passing day. I come here for relief!
(When I saw the name of the thread I thought it was some kind of “Share the Dope on Facebook” type of “like” button, not a “Why can’t the Dope be Facebook?” button.)
I really need to be better about reading threads before I speak.
Let me introduce you to the fallacy of argumentum ad populum
“It is logically fallacious because the mere fact that a belief is widely-held is not necessarily a guarantee that the belief is correct”
This is the Dope…fighting ignorance, not putting it to a vote.
You can come sit by me anytime.
For whom is such a button meaningful?
With all due respect, if someone has nothing to actually add to the conversation, not even an individual and personalized expression of agreement, why should anyone care whether they have clicked a “like” button or not? And if you don’t care enough to express yourself, why do you desire to have such a button?
Like/dislike mechanics rarely reflect the value of the argument or idea of being proposed, but by how much the main demographic of the board is biased towards it. Repeating the same stuff you’ve heard everyone else say gets you +10000 OMG BRO YOU’RE A GENIUS whereas saying controversial yet well thought out stuff will get you downrated. It’s a popularity contest more than a reflection of the merit of ideas.
Because humans are social animals and internet fora are a way of socialising with each other. Reinforcement by approval or even disapproval tells a poster their view has been noticed by someone else. Its actually important.
Mmmm…not for me. I regularly give good reputation points to people whom I disagree with but respect their thoughts.
Do you understand that you have just undercut the arguments given by some of the others that are also for the “like” button? That button cannot tell us whether you like the person or the argument unless you add a note to the thread explaining what you meant by pushing it.
And if you are going to do that, you really don’t need the button in the first place, do you?
I can see the utility of this on Facebook, where most people have maybe a few hundred friends and (generally speaking) know who they are. If 7 people “like” your status update it has some vague meaning to you. This place has how many active members again – 10,000? 20,000? For a bunch of posts to have “141 people like this” appended to them, and you have no idea who most of those people are, sounds like something to ignore.
I like this idea.
Oh come on, it’s not like this board is limited to meaningful conversation.
Like I said, I didn’t care much one way or another but lately posting on a board with such features I’ve come to realize they aren’t bad at all. I guess it’s just the atmosphere of that board that makes it work.
Here’s an example. Someone might post a funny story but really there’s nothing to say about it other than, “Cool story bro!” so occasionally people will just “like” it. Rarely do I ever see a “dislike” but it’s usually during one of our stellar religious debates. Then it’s generally ignored because it’s that one guy that “dislikes” anything not related to his own religion.
Of course it probably wouldn’t work here, not the way some people here hold grudges.
Is there a line forming to shoot SamClem?
No, we already shot him on the previous page. Feel free to bust a cap in the corpse, however, if it will make you happy…
I think it’s a good idea. There’s a website where people can give you reputation points if they like your post. i don’t know how easy it would be for the site admins here to implement that???
If it’s a vBulletin feature, it would be easy. But I hate those features and I think most SDMB posters (and staff) feel the same way. I don’t think reputation points and like buttons add anything to the forum experience beyond giving you another button to push.
Is this supposed to support a poster’s argument, or her/his reputation?
To support an argument. It’s actually a lot of fun.