ANNOUNCEMENT - A Facebook "Like" button for Tiki Central? Let's test one out! - General Tiki

A aquarj Tiki Socialite SF bay area, CA Joined: Apr 02, 2002 Posts: 1125	A aquarj Posted posted on Fri, Jan 27, 2012 6:22 PM A little more spittin' in the wind of this topic... Personally I don't use facebook, so I haven't had the thrill of LIKE-ing something in the facebook way, versus the normal human way. But, it's a neat idea to consider a TC mechanism for feedback without posting. I really appreciate the people who take the time to post new substantive stuff that's on topic and often very thorough. But I think it's pretty common for those people to wonder if anyone cares, based on the lack of feedback. A little thumbs-up button could literally express, "I like this." And that gives the author some feedback aside from just the number of views or the actual posts that follow. And a TC "LIKE" button could give a nice alternative metric, since the things that people like (in the human way) aren't necessarily the same ones they feel compelled to post about with an opinion. While one of the perennial debates is raging, someone who posts some new find in Locating could see that people actually dug it, even if there's no replies. Anyway, I realize this is kinda armchair quarterbacking, and these capabilities don't just materialize on their own. -Randy

A little more spittin' in the wind of this topic...

Personally I don't use facebook, so I haven't had the thrill of LIKE-ing something in the facebook way, versus the normal human way.

But, it's a neat idea to consider a TC mechanism for feedback without posting. I really appreciate the people who take the time to post new substantive stuff that's on topic and often very thorough. But I think it's pretty common for those people to wonder if anyone cares, based on the lack of feedback. A little thumbs-up button could literally express, "I like this." And that gives the author some feedback aside from just the number of views or the actual posts that follow.

And a TC "LIKE" button could give a nice alternative metric, since the things that people like (in the human way) aren't necessarily the same ones they feel compelled to post about with an opinion. While one of the perennial debates is raging, someone who posts some new find in Locating could see that people actually dug it, even if there's no replies. Anyway, I realize this is kinda armchair quarterbacking, and these capabilities don't just materialize on their own.

-Randy

Post #622671 by aquarj on Fri, Jan 27, 2012 6:22 PM