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I am not sure whether this is the right place to post this.
I wonder whether I am alone in this particular thinking:
Whenever I look at My Profile in DV, I like to verify that the Likes Given is higher than the Likes Received. I don't give out likes unless I generally like something, but I do feel it important that I give out more of them to others than I get in return, and if I start getting lots of likes, I feel it my duty to start giving out more likes in return.
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Originally Posted by JoannaB
I don't think anyone would see you differently in a negative way if you ended up with a lot of Likes Received and less Likes Given. Usually the Like feature is kind of subjective for something that only takes a millisecond to click, and people use it in many ways:
- To verify they read a post and/or agreed to some or most parts in it
- Someone took the words out of the other person's mouth that was about to post something similar
- "I'll get back to on you that"
- And all sorts of reasons
I don't think anyone will think that you, JoannaB, is a cold and heartless person for not liking back. It's not really a give and take system that's a matter of life or death or social status on DV. At least, that's what I think. :P You don't want to like too much where the person ends up realizing you're only liking or finding posts you can think you would like for the sake of giving back what you got in return. That would probably ruin their day when they thought their existence on the forum actually mattered.
:lol:
Agreed with Linkzelda.
You know, you could always stop posting good posts. Just kidding, don't you dare. Btw, I just liked your 100,000 reasons to respect your DC. Sorry. Excellent post, couldn't help myself.
I feel like the whole "like" system is kind of silly. I know it's useful for some things, but I don't think other people should be able to see how many likes a person has right underneath their name all the time. I guess that's not really on topic for this thread but I felt like saying it and I didn't want to start another thread. In answer to your question, I do sort of feel that way but I can't say that it really bothers me. I like what I like. I often don't "like" posts that I should because I just forget or get caught up in the discussion.
Well it is common to have multiple forms of reputation on most forums. Here in DV we officially have the name tag and achievements as a separator between members but I guess most people will also look to the post count and amount of likes to get a weak image of how much a user is liked or respected on the forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by FriendlyFace
Personally I think it works well here on DV because there isn't an elitist attitude with long standing member, generally high likes or posts just shows that they are active users. However on other forums, especially gaming ones or forums where the average IQ lies a bit lower you will notice that people will more likely agree with a member because of his post count.
I think most users who come to this site quickly realize that we don't pay to much attention to such trivial matters such as post count.
Just to let you know, the rational part of me completely agrees with all of you who say that it is silly to want to give more likes than to receive, however, I strongly suspect that I will continue to irrationally feel about this the way I do, and no I do not intend to stop posting good stuff, and I also don't want you guys not to like my posts, and I will not start liking stuff when I do not mean it, however, if my likes received ever go up more rapidly, I do intend to pay more attention and remember to not forget to like others posts which I might have forgotten to like, even though they deserved it, but the likes received shall remind me to not forget to like back. And while the like system is a bit silly, but I kind of like getting likes and I bet others do too, in which case it is not entirely silly after all.
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I considered putting this in Senseless Banter but then I couldn't have liked your post. ;)
I like shoving my ridiculous popularity in other people's faces.
With this post, I hereby like all other posts on Dream Views unless otherwise stated.
I like to receive more than I give. Just love the way it feels when someone likes a post of mine, likes it hard and rough.
As a wise Spice Girl once said, giving is good as long as you're getting.
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Originally Posted by ♥Mark
Stop calling me a Spice Girl. :P
You guys better keep my posts and likes equal! Or I will haunt all of you in you're dreams! :listenup:
Thread title should be F**ks Given and F**ks Received
Yes it should.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkmatters
I get excited when I get a Like, I guess I feel accomplishment through them. I give likes if I like what they say or if it made me think.
I do think that the LIKES should be balanced with some other clickable word, or words
LIKE - DISLIKE
Maybe have a fully balanced system with
LIKE - NEUTRAL - DISLIKE
or we could just go silly
ADORE - LIKE - NEUTRAL - DISLIKE - HATE
This is an idea I have had since joining the forum, and starting a topic about the subject of LIKES, and what they are for.
Yeah, there was a thread for that, and that would probably make a lot more people commit suicide.
You don't have to like something.
No need to dislike things....it would just hurt forum morale. Some people already do that with thread ratings and trollish posts, just because they can.
Maybe it could be done with flags...you know, more flags, more fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItsOx9DnkMw
A coloured bar graph would be a visual delight Attachment 4995
Or maybe a sliding scale. Likes would take it one way, dislikes the other
In the forum from hell that I left before coming here, we had the ability to give users positive and negative reputation anonymously with comments tied to particular posts, so if someone really wanted to spoil someone else's day anonymously, they could. You know, I'm glad we can't do that here.
I would tend to agree with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by JoannaB
However, you used the word 'anonymously'
On here the likes/dislikes would be open, and people who complain, and give out excessive dislikes would just be shown up by their actions.
It would certainly pinpoint the moaners out there.
Don't think the moderators on here are up for the idea though.
Still, we shall wait and see.
Not happening, but the input is fine. :)
And the foot of authority goes down firmy, but fairly
More myopic individuals advocating dislikes, I see. The purpose of giving a like is to cut out the redundant use of "QFT" etc. It is not to turn DV into a popularity/unpopularity contest.
But my likes still prove I am undoubtedly very popular ;)
Being popular on DV is like being the cool kid at a mental institute, congratulations! :)
You're far more popular than I am. Probably because you also troll on topic.
getting a "like" is like someone leaving a piece of chocolate on my pillow. it comes off as a nice little unexpected surprise but overall it doesn't matter.
i don't really compare how many likes given to how many likes received because i don't care. i usually come here more as a reader whenever i want to relax. i love photography and am passionate about fitness so "for the most part" that's all i share.
[there are 28 likes total in this thread]
edit: just realized each thread counts the likes automatically. sorry, i'm old technology.
...liking stuff will make monsters of us all
LIES!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Raswalt
*like*
Like like like.
Sometimes I get likes and I don't even know why.
10 bucks says this post gets liked. :clap:
^^^
I'll take that bet.
Someone will probably like it just to make me cough-up ten bucks. :P
Is that 5 bucks eachQuote:
Originally Posted by GrannyPigms
Let me augment the paranoia bit.
- There's people that will stop at nothing to make sure they don't like any of that person's posts, even if there's things they agree with.
- Then there's people who make a post, and then someone makes a similar post, and the latter gets liked despite of the fact that both are so identical.
- Then there's the likes where people agree with someone else and creates some invisible banter saying, "This person is right and you suck."
- There there's the likes where a person responds in an insulting way to someone giving a tl;dr post, but they don't want to admit that they're referring to them, and the people liking them is just their little sneaky way of not trying to come off as rude to said tl;dr poster
- Then there's those likes in the picture thread over who's hot or handsome; and there's those "I want to give a like, but damn it, you're going to become too popular if I do so," so the person posting the pictures is wondering if anyone cares about their looks. Not only that, if a person becomes assertive by saying some girl is hot, those same guys who gave a creep-like on their photo suddenly get their competitive streak going and try to dominate over that guy being flirtatious.
- Then there's those people who just want to be special and only give likes to those few little people they think deserve it
- There's people who become intimidated by a person's totality of likes, and probably have silent rage and pretend to talk to that person asking, "You think you're so special huh!?!?!"
- Then there's the likes where some guy/girl makes response in a debate, and that people agreeing with him suddenly makes his/her post accurate and right in every way. It's like collecting little minions for ego-boosting. "Hey, these people agree with me, I must be doing something right....right?"
- Then there's the likes where people can't really troll you, but what the person said is close enough to degrading your self-esteem
- Then there's people who say "I don't care about the likes," even though deep down they're hugging their pillow waiting for someone to like it
- Then there's people who constantly close and open their laptop/computer and refresh the control panel to hopefully see a red notification
- Then there's the likes where you feel "OOOOOh, who liked me this time!!?!?" but then we see we get a like by "Oh...him..pfffffft."
- Then there's people who say "You're ruining the points system of DV with so many likes"
- Then there's people who become passive-aggressive with those with a lot of likes, go on a chat, and say, "No one likes you."
- Then there's people who really feel that "I'm not going to like you, maybe you'll see how it feels to not be appreciated!"
Yes, there's actually rudiments behind this, yes, you can even make psychological analysis through this. I could make a damn novel out of this.
Ah, but we are contrary creatures, so we might refuse to like the comment that bets that it shall be liked. In fact, I successfully refrained from liking that comment.
Reasons why I "like" things may range from: "great comment, what a brillian thinker you are!" To "acknowledged, I saw your response to my question, and appreciate that you bothered to answer." -- which is a bit of a difference in meaning, but either of those might get a like, and there may be other reasons, too.
So with that logic, we're giving self-fulfilling prophecy likes and having positive assurance that it shall be liked. That's a new one. *adds to personal mental list*
I'm getting 10 bucks from someone.
:putemuppunk:
The reason I like things is because of a couple reasons:
1. They made a good point
2. It was funny
3. I agree with them
4. They helped me
And so on.
http://i.imgur.com/8kMZY6Y.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by GrannyPigms
Ok, someone cough up 326.72 rubles! :?
*
You did ask for ten bucks...
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ff8o3v3cLQ...0/bucks_04.jpg
ok i'm going to quickly state something about how i come about liking something, then i'm out of here.
for me, it's simple, if a post unexpectedly returns me to myself where i observe a noticeable likeness for what i've read/seen, then i tend to remember theres a "like" button, and i "like" the post. if i happen to "like" only one post in an entire thread it doesn't mean the others weren't informative or humourous... just maybe not insightful or funny to me specifically.
i do what i can to allow RCs of the hand to happen in the same way, so that i don't feel i have to poke my hand every minute when my thinking of my situation hasn't changed.
the critical/egoic part of me just thinks theres too many damn "likes" going around and too much positivity makes me nauseous :barf:
nobody "like" this post. consider this REFRAIN TRAINING
