can we have a 'LIKE' button on every posters post??

[nightshade]

sometimes i don't wish to comment but want to acknowledge that i like a mumsnetter's post or response. i keep going to click the like button, as on facebook but inevitably find that it is not there!!

MurderBloodstabsandgore - a very valid point. It can somewhat feel like you are pissing into the wind on Facebook. You say something important and no-one replies at all or likes what you have to say. Confess to farting though and everyone's a fan

And it'll be a personality contest. Some people will on principle be predisposed to like certain posters and any old shite will be liked because they have the halo effect.

I like being able to tell an OP why and what makes me smile/cry/angry whatever - a curt "Like" is just not going to cut it.

I foresee pile-ons getting worse because of it.

I'm getting a little irritated by assertions that those of us who have said we like the idea of a like button are somehow stupid, dumber and/or more downmarket than those of you who don't.

Can we have a YAACC button?

Like

BIWI - It's nothing to do with being stupid. It's too do with interaction values. For me at least. It means something that someone has taken the time to offer their views, their personal views.

Like is a bit like nodding at someone who is holding forth at a dinner party. It adds very little it just allows them to continue and it can be quite negative. 'My boyfriend is beating me up and I'm thinking about leaving' like - are we liking the abuse, the leaving or what? it's confusing.

And it will lead to cliques. And rankings. If 57 people like a post it doesn't make that person's views any more valuable than the person who no-one liked IYSWIM. Sometimes the one voice in the wilderness who is shouting 'no FGS GO TO A&E' is the correct one for example.

No likey "Like"

Come on over and feel the lurve

Murderbloodstabsandgore - What's that, You Are A Complete Cock??

Justine, what about the troll-hunting issue? I understand MNHQ is trying to tackle the troll hunting at the moment. Do you not think this would exacerbate the situation?

'apeing less successful sites'???

Seriously, MN is great and all, but no way is FB less successful...

I like the idea of a like button, but then I am not one of the great and good and I rarely use the words cunt or twat and dont have time to type masses, so apparently that makes my opinion less important....

Agree with op

Really? (have now just read last few posts) - there is an insinuation that if you endorse the suggestion of a like option then you is thick? That is hilarious. Amused at Facebook detractors - I only have witty erudite friends on Facebook - so it's a wholly positive site for me

If you really want change for change's sake, Justine, how about bringing the My Topics feature from the app to the main site - that would actually be useful....

Interesting that MNHQ are entertaining the idea of a like button but not a hide poster option.

Just sayin'

Yes- I think they are a bit worried that Hide Poster could cause paranoia and unintentional offence. So not at all what a Like button would achieve then...

There is quite a clear difference - no? A like button wouldn't be applied consistently to same poster, a 'hide poster' button - well it doesn't sit well with me. Who is that insecure that they develop an irrational hatred of a single poster? I often don't like what Xenia says but would be insufficiently negatively motivated to hide her

or is it postively motivated? (reflects a little)

I don't know, but I think that a Like button may make some threads feel a bit besieged. I can imagine, for example, that on a controversial thread like the Dale Farm ones, or something in Feminism, there might be a lot of lurkers cheering on more unpleasant views via a Like button, but not actually getting involved and arguing their case, because a) their position is untenable, or b) they don't want to sully their MN reputation by nailing their colours to the mast.

It would just give troll-types confidence, and contribute nothing to the debate.

Lenin - on the iPhone app, when you go to a topic, there's an option to add it to your My Topics list, so you can quickly check out all your favourite topics. Very useful if you only tend to go to a few areas and much easier than having to hide all the rest.