To wish there was a 'like' button on mn

[yellowflowers]

Sometimes I want to like a thread or a post but can't be arsed to comment have nothing to add to it. Wish there was a like
button like Facebook.

NO. Stop telling MNHQ to do this. NO.

Oh please can we have one :)

In the interests of balance I would have to demand a dislike button if this proposal goes through.

I think it would slow things down on MN. People could just click the like button and wouldn't feel the need to type so much perhaps? And that could be boring

I agree - would stop all the "What she said" comments blowing a thread out to extraordinary lengths.
Maybe a thumbs up, thumbs down option?

Yes, me too. Have often wanted this.

IGNORE USER button please MNHQ

:)

I asked this the other day and got shot down. I often read thread and find out another poster has said exactly the same as I would have, so it would make my comment redundant. Often someone says something funny too, which I would "like." I don't really understand why people are so against this, seems strange to me. It won't turn Mumsnet into FB.

yes, thumbs up/down button, def. I think mnetters will still find plenty to talk about, magh.

If they introduce thumps up and down, I'm off

Yes I think we need a like button

Often, when you go to catch up on a thread and someone has addressed a comment to you 3hrs ago, you want to acknowledge it without having to copy and paste it onto the end of the thread.

Adding a like button really wouldn't be a big deal but to hear some posters who are so against it, you'd think we were asking for a kidney.

@ whatinthewhatnow

I thought earlier a like button would be good but I take earlier posters pony about it stopping people posting and slowing the oars dwn

Ignore user is pointless. I tried ignoring someone on another forum but you still se they posted something but you can't see what and curiosity gets the better of you and you end up un-hiding the post anyway.

@usual, why do you find it so offensive?

This is like Groundhog Day.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/a1514147-like#32898076

Thumbs down button though? come on thats crap.

And it is still noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

I don't find it offensive just a bit daft.

Way to make someone feel like shit with your thumbs down shit.

I don't think the fact someone clicks a like button will necessarily stop them adding to the thread.

On FB I often click like and then go on and add my comment.

It wouldn't stop the more prolific posters who post all over the place anyway but I think it would mean more casual posters liking a lot more than posting. Might be wrong, there have been a few today that I would have liked someone else's post and probably not posted myself had the function been thee.

do you never read a thread and think, oh yeah, that poster said something intelligent and I wholeheartedly agree, but then never bother to write it?

Not really , I either stick my oar in or think fair point well made and move on.

I think a like button would make it more user-friendly.

Wouldn't stop many people posting as us MNers have lots to say but it's good to 'like' to say we found something funny or to agree.

I use a forum where there is an ignore user button and I do just that ignore them! Not useless for me. I'm not that nosey .