| CrazyGamer2017 said: But you say it yourself. VGP (whoever that is) can hunt you down by baiting you cause you hold an unpopular view. But correct me if I'm wrong but that unpopular view, you must have expressed it with a POST in which you have written said unpopular view right? So you are hunted down by that person for something you have written and I assume you don't mind since you have written that unpopular opinion somewhere. So again I don't see the difference between you being hunted down cause you WROTE an unpopular opinion compared to you being hunted down cause you like someone else's unpopular opinion. If someone wants to hunt me down or bait me cause I love Einstein, I don't care that he/she hates me cause I WROTE a post where I say I love Einstein or cause I liked someone else's post saying he/she loves Einstein. In this example you don't mind writing that you love Einstein and being hunted down for that but you mind "Liking" someone else's post that says they love Einstein and liking that post in your opinion will cause you more problems than you writing yourself a post where you put in full words that you love Einstein... Ultimately the solution to this problem is rather simple. If you really feel that liking someone's post could bring trouble for you, don't like any posts and you'll be ok. Me personally I like Einstein and I also like Richard Dawkins, I love how he kicks religion's ass and I'm not afraid to say it or to LIKE the post of someone else that would say it. And if someone later on wants to try and hold against me the fact that I liked such a post, I'll simply double down and reply: Sure I loved that post you mentioned cause I do love Einstein and Dawkins, did you think I was going to recant just because you don't like me liking Einstein and Dawkins? But that's just me. Like I said, feel free to never touch the "Like" button and you'll be ok. |
@Bold Massive difference, it's not just about me being targeted. He'll probably put his cross hair on those WHO LIKED MY POST ...
Your examples are way too innocent of the realities since posts such as "haha, you sux" can get liked but the victim knowing WHO specifically liked it will draw ill will from the victim and then god forbid when we have a console war with statements like "haha, PS4 sux" makes it far easier for the Playstation fanbase on here to associate who is or isn't a hostile poster ...
Transparency doesn't promote honesty, in fact it does the opposite since it's a form of surveillance and when users are on surveillance they act differently ... (having a transparent like system is like knowing who voted for which candidate in an election and we don't do the latter for potential issues like intimidation or harassment)
And never touching the like button defeats the purpose of the system in the first place ...
| kirby007 said: He has every post you made saved in a sheet for quick reference so he doesnt need the like system |
Yes but it makes it a lot easier for him to keep track of those who liked my posts or other posts from other users which liked it ...
For him or posters like him, it's becomes another useful tool for harassing other people ...
| RolStoppable said: So in summary, people who want to be dicks should be protected by the system, because otherwise they could get called out for being dicks with evidence. By the way, what exactly does Richard Dawkins agree with you on? |
If being a dick meant carrying an unpopular opinion then sure whatever floats your boat. The other system isn't any better since it openly promotes being dicks too if the victim knew who the perpetrators were then there's a very high chance of tensions raising with future posts between victim and the proxies the but if everyone prefers a free for all then I won't object to the idea if their okay with making this community closer into a cesspool like youtube ...
Yeah, I'm not a fan of troll/flame posts being liked but if I knew who the offenders were then it'd be very tempting to crap all over those who liked the post in question in the future and give foul disposition ...
As for Richard Dawkins, If you really want to know then here it is ...
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