Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
Because the two are opposite. You can't dislike it AND think it is the best answer.
Likes system updated - Best answer, Unthank/Unlike and Dislike added
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Because the two are opposite. You can't dislike it AND think it is the best answer.
There are different options on different forums depending on the subject.
No, only reporting a post does that. I think if 5 more people dislike a thread than like it, it's worthy of being hidden. FYI, you can still expand it to read it, if that's the case.
Actually, you shouldn't be able to dislike a post and mark it as best answer - I just fixed that.
kevy73
Senior Member
Thats a bugger - I had to mark everyones posts as the best answer instead of just liking them as I would have previously - which kinda defeats the purpose of best answer doesn't it?
Bob Blaylock
Senior Member
I've never seen it done before on this type of forum, but it always has seemed to me, as a matter of balance, that if there's a “Like” button, then there should be a “Dislike” button as well to balance it.
I don't think one should be anonymous and the other not. If clicking a “Like” button publicly records that I expressed a positive opinion of a post, then I think the “Dislike” button, equally, should publicly record that I expressed a negative opinion of that post. I think “Like” and “Dislike” should be treated equally; and I think it fair that a score be generated reflecting the difference between the two.
I do not think that a low score (too many more dislikes than likes) should result in a post being hidden. I see “Dislike” as merely an expression of a disagreement or otherwise negative opinion of a post; not as a statement that others shouldn't be allowed to see it. If someone believes that a particular post is truly unsuitable to be allowed to be seen on this forum, then I believe that the only recourse should be to contact the moderators, and ask them to remove it; and this should be done on the basis of the post being judged to be truly unsuitable and/or inappropriate for this forum, and not just because it is unpopular.
While there's nothing wrong with liking or disliking, whenever such results in censorship -in whatever form that might be- in the long run, that seldom leads to anything beneficial. Before you know it, you're knee-deep into intellectual or aesthetical Jihadism.
Inappropriate however is something completely different.
Inappropriate however is something completely different.
I can easily change the options. My intention isn't to have unnecessary buttons though. For example, I didn't include the like button in the Q&A forum because the 'best answer' should be chosen instead of liking. There are cases were both are necessary because we don't know if the first post is a question or not.
Even where the first post is a question, there are times when we might want to like a post that isn't a direct answer to the original question. It may be a response to the original question, or a funny comment or something else that I like but isn't a "best answer"
I was wondering the same thing... have liked the post see if you can see the notification
I was wondering the same thing... have liked the post see if you can see the notification
Got notification at the top of the quote but only email notification of the like,bit of a pain really cant see the point in it.
Alrighty - I changed this.
It should be exactly the same as before, but now there is an option to get an email if you want. If you're getting emails then the option is set here: http://nikonites.com/thanks.php?do=profile&action=options
Bob Blaylock
Senior Member
I'm not sure I really agree with this semantic change.
As the concept of “Like” has been established on Facebook, on forums, and other social media, I use it to “Like” something with which I agree. But I also use it to express approval of something that was posted, that may not be an opinion with which it is relevant to agree or disagree, but which evokes a positive reaction in me.
It seems to me that the opposite of a “Like” should be something to indicate a post with which I disagree, but also, absent any real point with which to agree or disagree, just something that evokes a negative reaction in me—something I don't like. I think “Dislike” is a more appropriate term for it.
The fix immortalized the phenomenon of the disliked best answer as the un-best answer button went away, so I can no longer change either. That's OK, unless the dislike somehow counts against Don, in which case, it would be nice if it can be removed.
I think the members will define how the Dislike/Disagree is used. I think as long as they can be changed, and are not anonymous, they will be used sparingly by the prudent member. And, if not used sparingly, well, that will tell us something too.
I dislike disagree and dislike dislike.....have many other places in my life to go to seek negativity if I so desire.
Wasn't super crazy about like either but it was friendly and positive and thus I came to like like.....
Unlike disagree and dislike which I do not like.
Wasn't super crazy about like either but it was friendly and positive and thus I came to like like.....
Unlike disagree and dislike which I do not like.
I can understand not liking "dislike" but disagreeing is not necessarily a negative thing. Disagreeing can lead to a conversation that may bring positive results.