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Should "Likes" display the list of users?

Yes! 51 63.75%
 
No! 29 36.25%
 
Total:80
VGPolyglot on 20 April 2018
Aeolus451 said:
Johnw1104 said:

You are comparing apples and oranges. You speak of people being "persecuted" and reference anonymous voting, seemingly forgetting that this is a forum primarily meant for discussing (again, DISCUSSING, not anonymously liking/disliking heh) video games. The secret ballot makes pragmatic sense to avoid voter intimidation in the real world; here, we aren't at risk of being bullied into voting a Mussolini into power or having our families threatened for letting out our inner Nintendo fanboy on occasion.

I've seen people fight here, but I've never seen literal "persecution".  So long as you remain civil, you can take just about any stance on any issue under the sun, and chances are there's someone else here that will agree with you.

I will agree to this only because refusing to agree to disagree would perhaps suggest that I did, in fact, agree... or something. :)

This is a forum where we can converse about most topics and we do. Even in the video game related threads, quite a bit of controversy happens with dissenting  opinions. We honestly don't need extra drama and potential witch hunts started over someone liking a post. Whenever there's a "like" feature in forums/social media, it's anonymous for users to like something in general. That's the case for the vast majority of forums/social media. There's no reason to want to know who likes something unless you want to use that against them in some way. I meant persecuted in that way btw. 

Facebook lists who likes the posts, same with Instagram. There are also forums that show who likes the post, for example HFBoards does.



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kirby007 on 20 April 2018
VGPolyglot said:
Aeolus451 said:

This is a forum where we can converse about most topics and we do. Even in the video game related threads, quite a bit of controversy happens with dissenting  opinions. We honestly don't need extra drama and potential witch hunts started over someone liking a post. Whenever there's a "like" feature in forums/social media, it's anonymous for users to like something in general. That's the case for the vast majority of forums/social media. There's no reason to want to know who likes something unless you want to use that against them in some way. I meant persecuted in that way btw. 

Facebook lists who likes the posts, same with Instagram. There are also forums that show who likes the post, for example HFBoards does.

those first two networks are less anonymous then vgc those will have less trolls



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Cobretti2 on 20 April 2018

When i first saw them I was going to write a thread titled "When did this site become facebook" lol

I am not a fan as what does it really achieve?



 

 

Jaicee on 20 April 2018

In my experience with online forums and social media platforms, people are more motivated to comment negatively than positively on what you say and, when you're someone who struggles with clinical depression and has unpopular opinions, that can become something of a demoralizing turn-off over time. That's why I think a Like button is a good idea: by making it structurally easier for people to voice approval of a given thought, you compensate a little for the default negativity of actual comments on your post. Adding a "Dislike" button, as some have suggested, would undermine that and then some. Someone like me would be overwhelmingly ratioed every time and become very discouraged very fast. (I just know how I think.) People would all the more start tailoring their contributions to avoid being ratioed. Let's not do that. Let's not make it easier to hate on people.

Don't get me wrong: I see flaws in the idea of having a Like button as well. It's easy to see what sort of posts get Likes. You just say something generically approving of a game or publisher like, and I'm being only mildly sarcastic here, "Video games rule!", and that will maximize the number of Likes your comment gets. Other types of comments are less likely to be appreciated, so maybe people are already tailoring their contributions accordingly to some degree, to be popular. But you know, everything is a trade-off at the end of the day. Nothing is perfect.

To address the actual question of the OP, the same principle applies, I think. On the one hand, if you don't list the people who Like a comment, you maximize the amount of Likes it will stand to get. On the other hand though, if you do include such a list, people may, over time, be more easily able to find friends. I know that I've found myself looking for names before. :P I think the latter is more important.

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VGPolyglot on 20 April 2018

I wonder what the next controversial feature will be



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ice on 20 April 2018

if they're staying we definitely need to see the users!



Kristof81 on 20 April 2018
BraLoD said:
Kristof81 said:

I don't mind them, and displaying user list is fine, but the more stuff you add the more clusterf*$%-y it gets. IMO, you guys should get rid of signatures and level the "like" bar with the bottom of the avatar, even If the post doesn't require that extra space. 90% of posts are just few lines long, so most of the time, the forum would take a shape of stacked rectangles, which would be so much more pleasing to the eye than this ... BLOODY SINGING AND DANCING, BLUE LINK, WHICH ANNOYS THE HELL OUTTA ME RIGHT NOW, WHEN I'M TRYING TO POST THIS IN QUICK REPLY ... for example.

You can disable signatures anytime.

Also they are disabled by default for mobile use.

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KungKras on 20 April 2018

I like likes, and I think you should display a list of the liking likers.



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kljesta64 on 20 April 2018

dont display likes unless you want a civil war.



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LivingMetal on 20 April 2018
PwerlvlAmy said:
I say yes to publicly showing who liked a post. I do not see any harm in it

You only got a like because you're a girl.