"The "Like" button" Topic

Am I the only one that takes the time to click on the "Like" button (found on the left of a topic)? It always reads "Zero" until I click it. Would be nice to see how many others found the topic interesting. Thanks, Bill, for making that available. Many times I would like to show that I enjoyed the thread but did not want to do a "me too" post. The "Like" button seems to be just the ticket to keep the clutter down yet express one's opinion. No need for a "Dislike" button because if you didn't like the thread, you can always just move to the next one.

I don't like "Like" buttons.

Perhaps.

I finally saw it, once people pointed it out, but did take a moment just now to see if again. Kind of blended in with all the other stuff on the page.

Never noticed it before

Me neither. Not the best web page design!

I don't do Facebook, so its no use to me!

I did not know this. Thank you for posting it. Now that I know about it I will use it. While I do not do face book on another miniature forum they have this and it is very popular. It is not tied to facebook.

Never noticed it.

I don't see it.

It is not tied to facebook.

Yes it is. It is a widget (small bit of code you can embed in your own media) called the like Facebook Social Plugin. It passes data through Facebook. And requires a Facebook credential to work. Most likely that credential is the unique identifier that is used to limit multiple voting.

Never used it.

Have never used it.

never noticed it before

No one else cares what I like, so I see no reason to exhaust my clicky-finger liking things. Life is not a popularity contest.

Doesn't exist on TMP, as far as I can see. I've looked: the Home Page, this page, the forum pages. Can't see it on any of them. Can you post a screen shot with it highlighted?

Is it only visible if you are logged into FB? I despise FB. I have an account, but I rarely log into it. It exists for contacting family members overseas, only. Cheers!

I don't see it anywhere, didn't know one existed (guess I still don't).

I would probably use it though for post that were extra informative / amusing.

Should be a 'Deus Vult' button.

I don't have a Facebook account, yet I see it.
I've never used it, though.

It in the left hand column between the "Back to the …" and "Areas of Interest" lines.

You don't have to be logged in to FB to see it. You have to have an active FB credential (basically, logged in to FB or any other application or service that is part of FB single sign on) to use it.

"It in the left hand column between the 'Back to the …' and 'Areas of Interest' lines."

These two lines only appear when I click on the Message Board link, and then drill down into a topic. Even then, the, "Like" button, is still missing. There is a blank space, between two horizontal lines, between the 'Back to the …' and 'Areas of Interest' lines, but nothing between the two horizontal lines. Curious.

It seems that TMP is different for different visitors. I'm a paid member, with a valid FB account. I typically do not use FB login for other sites, so maybe that is why? Strange. I have never seen the "Like" button on TMP. Cheers!

I didn't know it was there but will now use it!

Ah, it seems to be linked, as suggested, to FB. I abhor FB and it's ilk so I'm out of luck!

Not the best web page design!

Where do you suggest it should be placed?

I just see 2 lines – there is no like button in between them

I know its there but keep forgetting about it as its in a place that is not very noticable.

@ Bill, how about putting it right under the title of the thread?

PS I just tried it out on this post TMP link and it did not seem to work.

The link to Facebook guarantees that I will never use it. And what exactly are we ‘liking' if we do use it, just the topic in general?

There is a blank space, between two horizontal lines,

It is active content referring to an external site. Your browser or connection security policy may be blocking it. There's an outside chance your browser is too old to support the modality for the widget.

I think it needs to be balanced by a similar 'don't like' button, or perhaps a 'I couldn't care less' button.

If you couldn't care less, then why did you click on the topic in the first place? So if you compare how many "views" a topic gets then compare the "likes", it provides some data as to the popularity of the posted subject. I see it as counting the number of the folks who are more excited than than those who did not "like". It's measureable.

Whoo-Hoo… I just made it 8 folks liking this topic!

I don't see it.

The marketing folks at work bragg that we got so many likes on whatever. I ask, what does that mean? Do we win something?How do we make money from that? They never have a good answer. Mostly they stare at me as if I had just stung them with a cattle prod.

Oh, I just saw it. I was looking at the bottom of the page. Where is the dislike button?

It is at the top of the page on the left side. So you click like if you like the topic? What about the responses to the topic? I don't like it.

@Dye4minis.
Typical glib response. Suggest you re-read my post. I didn't say 'I couldn't care less'. I said, perhaps there is a need for other meaningful buttons too, to give balance to the 'like' button, otherwise it's just meaningless.
Anyway, what does the 'like' button indicate? Is it that you like the original post, or that you like all of the follow on comments, or what? Measurable? For who, and to what end? or perhaps you just don't like my opinion? Perhaps you need a 'don't like' button after all.

Wasn't directed at you specifically- was fpor those that shared that view. I think mre electrons have been murdered over this than necessary. The point is that there is a choice. My original post was wondering if I was the only one who was using that button because every post I clicked on (in an attempt to show agreement or interest in the post- the count was Zero. Sometimes I just don't have time to post- just to scan the topic and wanted the OP to know that SOMEONE liked what he posted. Having to navagate thru the volumes of the Tango posts without any personal reason for his posting, wastes a lot of time. (I fianlly realized what the "T" stands for in TMP!) (Meant to be a funny observation…) If there might be more than "1" Like, thgen the post just may be worth reading more carefully. To each his own…

Dye4minis,
yes, I have used it on occaision. However. if Bill, or others, want to use it as a 'popularity measuring tool' then I still think there needs to be a measurement of unpopularity. Absence of a 'like' doesn't fulfil that, and could be construed as apathy or dislike.

So if you compare how many "views" a topic gets then compare the "likes", it provides some data as to the popularity of the posted subject.

This is a bad idea.

Likes are unique by FB credential, that is, you can't "like" a post more than once (unless you use another credential, which in TMPs case would violate the spirit, if not the letter, of the sockpuppetry rules).

A user can come back and visit a link, adding a hit, as many times as they want. So, f'r'ex, if you post something and expect a response, you might come back and visit several times. Or if you just want to re-read something. Or maybe you found it interesting and want to see what others have said when you notice a new post. Or maybe you hit the button twice or reloaded the page (or maybe your computer was programmed to refresh pages based on some external criteria).