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potato_hamster on 25 April 2018
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TalonMan said:
potato_hamster said:


counter-counter-counter point: It's not a matter of me agreeing, you can't force the user base to use a feature the only way you intend on having it working. It's kinda naive of you to expect that every user of this site is going to only use the like feature in lieu of writing a "agreed/+1" comment instead, isn't it? You don't actually you think everyone that liked the original post in this thread "liked" your post instead of posting an "agreed/+1"-style comment, do you?

P.S. If the like feature is only for the likely less than 1% of users that have ever posted an "agreed/+1" style comments that make up an infinitesimally small portion of the comments on this site, then why bother programming a feature that you know most users have no intention of using, and why bother getting so much feedback on it? Furthermore, if you are happy catering to such a small portion of the userbase, why are you so openly against the users that post "disagree/-1" style comments? Why are you discriminating against them while favoring their counterparts?

If your name is exposed for liking something (which is the very point of this thread and the question I was posing in the first place), then why on Earth would you like something you disagree with? You haven't quite explained how this could/would be even a remote possibility?

As I just explained in my post above - is there ever a time in these forms, where a user would type "Disagree!" and not be forced to follow that up with WHY details?? Agreeing with a post does not require additional explanation - disagreeing with a post ALWAYS requires follow-up reasoning. That's Forum Etiquette - 101.

For example, on other sites, I regularly use the like feature to recognize a well reasoned, well sourced, well thought out argument that I totally disagree with. I am "liking" the effort and thought that goes into their comment. You might find this strange, but on reddit, as part of the site's etiquette you are  instructed not to like/dislike posts based on whether you agree or disagree with the contents of the posts. You're supposed to like/dislike depending on whether or not you feel the posts meaningfully contributes to the conversation. Digg.com used to have a similar guideline about "digging/burying" posts.

Disagreeing with a post always requires additional explanation? Since when? Where are you getting this "Forum Etiquette 101" because it seems to me some of the biggest social media/internet forums would actually fundamentally disagree with you.