to think it's about time MN introduced a 'Like' button :)

[flow4]

... you know, like Facebook has!

thin end of a wedge ending up with flashing tickers, hunz and textspeak. IMO

Fuck the lurkers. If they can't be bothered to actually type something why pander to them?

haha funny post

posts should be candid
not wuvve me like me
vote you wuvve and like me

Think is, despite complaints about the fact that it is percieved that there are more harsh posters around, it is a LOT easier to join in than it was in the cliquey days of old. I had conversations with myself on threads (quite nice actually) for 6 months because people were generally 'ignored' until more known. Now - anything goes. There is no need to lurk - jump right in. Have your say.

Like buttons would make this place dullsville imo.

Think is, despite complaints about the fact that it is percieved that there are more harsh posters around, it is a LOT easier to join in than it was in the cliquey days of old. I had conversations with myself on threads (quite nice actually) for 6 months because people were generally 'ignored' until more known. Now - anything goes. There is no need to lurk - jump right in. Have your say.

Like buttons would make this place dullsville imo.

totally agree.like posts is back to mn bad ole cliquey days
search the archives,we done that already to unknowns
big arselick and like to pals.

Yes, it was an endless 'fgs, this has been done to death'

Thank god its not like that any more.

Thanks to Betsy some sane posters are here.

I don't like the reasons for the like button given on here. The thread has moved on, yes but you can acknowledge the earlier poster as it's not being read by everyone in real time, and doesn't break the flow.

You like some ones advice, great say why, why you think it would work/has worked for you. Actually give something to the thread.

And as for all the other stuff. NO. No glittery shit, no twee emoticons. Do people want to post in a Mnet where Beardy and Honeydragon are on the same side .... that's too scary to even contemplate!

I also agree with Getorf. It used to be that the only way you could get any sort of a response to a post on here as a newbie was to either be really controversial or really funny.

Now we have an influx of weirdos who think you have to be nasty but they can get fucked, as we have a lot more newbies who are acknowledged and welcome across all the boards.

As much as it pains me to say, I agree with Honey. There's a reason I'm over here and not on the other site and it's not just the swearing! No sparkly shit! And no popularity contests!

It would turn into a popularity contest.

And despite the fact that I have been accused of cliquiness and all that, I really think newbies coming on and getting stuck in are the lifeblood of this place, it would be no good if mumenst remained static with the same people, new posters are needed all the time. And the like button would prevent people joining in. What's the point in lurking? If you are going to be on mumsnet, contribute. Join in. Don't think that pressing a daft 'like' button is the same because it isn't.

That's a thought, LeMarchand. A stick bearing a home-produced thumbs-up with a sad face on the reverse could be just the accessory for the next girl's night.

I properly might do that, prod the FB addicts in my circle.

There is a Like button on Netmums.

I remember once, all the hunnys were defending one of the queen bees, against some hapless newbie. "Oi, she's got, like a zillion LIKES. She has, you know... And you are just, pfft, pathetic. With just two LIKES. Who cares about you? Loser! You can take your views and get lost!" Scary..

YANBU! The number of times I've wanted to show appreciation without having to post...

Not for the person BTW (re. Netmums comment) because really that says fuck all, but for a post. Like you get on newspaper comment boards.

Why don't you want to comment though Eugene?
This is a chat forum after all.

Can't I even LOL?

LadyBeagle - I do post often. Just sometimes I have nothing to say on the subject; for example the 'Toddler talk' thread was brilliant and I laughed at loads of them. My toddler says things that are funny to me, or with an expression that's hilarious, but I decided there weren't any examples that would translate in a particularly entertaining fashion, so I didn't post.

Sometimes I will just post to say I agree with XY and Z, but it doesn't add much to the thread...

but then whod want to be the we like ya poster
like mn version of school gates.all the mother superiors together liking each other
and the regular mums scuffing along.no twinkly likes following them

I think it's one of MN's many pluses that it's designed to encourage conversation rather than just blowing smoke up people's arses. I also think it can cause a kind of ganging up culture.

No to like button.

But if you posted

This is brilliant on the toddler thread with a you've shown you like it and bumped into active for others.

I beg please no glitter and rolling tickets that count down how many minutes until xs birthday or how many days til we go on holiday or how many seconds since x went for a poo. I can't take it. I can't.

The whole point of mumsnet is to talk and debate. Just saying or

Ugh.