I think this has been mulled over in the past, so feel free to refer me to O.L.D. threads, but I would value the introduction of a 'like' button or similar. I use it a lot in FB, as I do the 'favourite' button in Twitter, whem I want to express my sympathy with a post but don't have anything much to add to it. Has this been thrashed out in the past, or am I making it up? If it hasn't, what are the arguments pro & con?
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked." James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951
If I remember rightly the suggestion against it was (from a Teh POV) it could mean there's even less posts than usual.
I do still think it should be added though, similar to the "Thanks" feature on other BB software. That's if Matt has any interest these days about Beehive being an alternative to other software.
The trouble with 'Like' is that it doesn't add anything to the discussion, really. When someone goes to the bother of actually posting "I agree" or ":D" or whatever, it may not add anything directly but it does then give an opportunity for the discussion to begin, or views to be challenged. Not sure that a Like button promotes discussion in the same way.
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But it's no biggie.
Don't be so hard on yourself, it was big enough to stop Greg sitting down for a week.
I think this makes sense if there's a semi-nested structure to the discussion and the 'like'ing promotes popular posts to a more prominent position (like slashdot's system, which is really pretty similar to the facebook system though the organisation is different) but I don't see what sense it makes when applied to an essentially flat structure as we have here. I'd rather see a reply with :D or (nod) or "I agree.".
But yeah, wouldn't do any harm either other than possibly reducing the number of posts, as Ant says.
But yeah, if there's 'like' I'd really want 'dislike' too.
