Really like the like button. I believe it will cut down on a lot of uncivil posts as people can like a post that is knowledgeable and supported by facts, as opposed to serial ranting borne of emotion.
Quote from: veblen on 01/16/2014 01:09 pmReally like the like button. I believe it will cut down on a lot of uncivil posts as people can like a post that is knowledgeable and supported by facts, as opposed to serial ranting borne of emotion.And yet, several posts that you have "Liked" have been heavily emotion-based, and light on facts.
Quote from: Ford Mustang on 01/14/2014 10:36 pmQuote from: Lar on 01/14/2014 09:37 pmQuote from: Jester on 01/14/2014 09:17 pmQuote from: AJA on 01/14/2014 08:18 pmDon't know if this has been mentioned before, but there should be a link from your profile to view the posts that you've liked. I expect a fair number of people are going to want to use it as a "bookmarking" facility.Its already there, under your profile, under posts and then the liked entryI either am looking in the wrong place or it's not quite working right. It doesn't change what it shows when compared to recent posts. On the other hand "topics" works, it shows me topics I started.I believe you are in the right place, but fear that it is broken. It doesn't seem to switch to any "liked" posts.looks like it, i'll raise a problem report with the plugin devs, however i'm hearing that "likes" will be included in the next release of the forum software, so dev. work might halt on the plugin....
Quote from: Lar on 01/14/2014 09:37 pmQuote from: Jester on 01/14/2014 09:17 pmQuote from: AJA on 01/14/2014 08:18 pmDon't know if this has been mentioned before, but there should be a link from your profile to view the posts that you've liked. I expect a fair number of people are going to want to use it as a "bookmarking" facility.Its already there, under your profile, under posts and then the liked entryI either am looking in the wrong place or it's not quite working right. It doesn't change what it shows when compared to recent posts. On the other hand "topics" works, it shows me topics I started.I believe you are in the right place, but fear that it is broken. It doesn't seem to switch to any "liked" posts.
Quote from: Jester on 01/14/2014 09:17 pmQuote from: AJA on 01/14/2014 08:18 pmDon't know if this has been mentioned before, but there should be a link from your profile to view the posts that you've liked. I expect a fair number of people are going to want to use it as a "bookmarking" facility.Its already there, under your profile, under posts and then the liked entryI either am looking in the wrong place or it's not quite working right. It doesn't change what it shows when compared to recent posts. On the other hand "topics" works, it shows me topics I started.
Quote from: AJA on 01/14/2014 08:18 pmDon't know if this has been mentioned before, but there should be a link from your profile to view the posts that you've liked. I expect a fair number of people are going to want to use it as a "bookmarking" facility.Its already there, under your profile, under posts and then the liked entry
Don't know if this has been mentioned before, but there should be a link from your profile to view the posts that you've liked. I expect a fair number of people are going to want to use it as a "bookmarking" facility.
Quote from: Jester on 01/13/2014 07:24 pmRight, test like thread... in the mean time, during my rant, I've had a play with the likes and I THINK i've solved the issue breaking likes.caveat:- It only works on this default theme (mobile theme is out, needs work anyway)- you can only like every 300 seconds (for now, until I get the software bugs worked out)- you need to have at least 1 like yourself before you can like somebody else.- the double likes on the bars will go once I clean the software (theme issue)- double entry in stats needs fixing, i know- you can only "like" the fist post in the thread for now (might change that, up to Chris)- you can not like your own post- silly hearts replaced (thanks QuantumG for the icon)tweaks coming....I ironically don't like it. I think it may give undue weight to inaccurate statements that may sound correct to uninitiated.
Right, test like thread... in the mean time, during my rant, I've had a play with the likes and I THINK i've solved the issue breaking likes.caveat:- It only works on this default theme (mobile theme is out, needs work anyway)- you can only like every 300 seconds (for now, until I get the software bugs worked out)- you need to have at least 1 like yourself before you can like somebody else.- the double likes on the bars will go once I clean the software (theme issue)- double entry in stats needs fixing, i know- you can only "like" the fist post in the thread for now (might change that, up to Chris)- you can not like your own post- silly hearts replaced (thanks QuantumG for the icon)tweaks coming....
Quote from: Sesquipedalian on 01/16/2014 04:47 pmQuote from: veblen on 01/16/2014 01:09 pmReally like the like button. I believe it will cut down on a lot of uncivil posts as people can like a post that is knowledgeable and supported by facts, as opposed to serial ranting borne of emotion.And yet, several posts that you have "Liked" have been heavily emotion-based, and light on facts.And THAT may be a reason to suppress who likes what and just show counts. I don't know that we want to go down the "your likes are not as valid as my likes" road
It's a fun feature that apparently some people don't want because they are unhappy that viewpoints they don't agree with are collecting likes. Chris can take it down if he wants. Sheesh!
It occurred to me, it could be useful in future to search by posts I have liked also, sorting like putting a star by emails. Maybe that is a good way of thinking of it: this is something I might want to find again.
There is a problem with forum threads (on any site) that often the most active threads are just the ones which have the most indefensible positions and everyone is jumping on to say so.
Quote from: KelvinZero on 01/18/2014 11:48 pmIt occurred to me, it could be useful in future to search by posts I have liked also, sorting like putting a star by emails. Maybe that is a good way of thinking of it: this is something I might want to find again.Do we have this feature yet? How do I access it?
So just hypothetically, would it be possible for someone to post a message, have a second person like it, and then have the first person go back and edit the message so that it said something completely different?