Dislike thumb

[lairey]

I agree with Clivia. We are a community and if we feel a post needs to be disliked, we can either say so in a subsequent post or via PM if we feel it is sensitive. I think a dislike button would only fuel disharmony, and we are THE friendly forum, aren't we?

[Deleted]

May 13, 2014 20:00:46 GMT @purple1234 said:

May 13, 2014 19:58:04 GMT @yinyang said:

If you dislike a post, does it not make more sense to outline in your own post why you don't like it rather than just saying "I don't like this post" without explaining why?

Again very true but sometimes a gentle dislike could cause the person to take a walk , reflect on their post and change into better human being

There can be a variety of reasons why I dislike some posts ... unnecessary swearing, sexism, rudeness, inaccurate facts being presented as truth etc and a lot of times there is more than one reason within the same post. If I feel strongly enough, which is rare as I tend to give those sort of people a bye ball, I state my case fully so that there is not the ambiguity that there would be with a simple thumbs down symbol. If such a thing existed I think I would still prefer to state why I disliked the post.

[djs]

May 13, 2014 19:37:02 GMT @purple1234 said:

Hi, Can we have a dislike thumb for posts ?

That's it really, a simple dislike.

No. I'd have millions and start crying.

[Deleted]

May 13, 2014 20:16:20 GMT djs said:

May 13, 2014 19:37:02 GMT @purple1234 said:

Hi, Can we have a dislike thumb for posts ?

That's it really, a simple dislike.

No. I'd have millions and start crying.

Ahh don't cry mate  ... I love your posts 

[Bob]

Here's a for you djs

[Greg]

I can see some value in it. There was a post yesterday about messing up classified threads which I agreed with. If this type of post was continually disliked then perhaps the perpetrators would desist. I can also see the downside given the friendly forum ethos.

[Deleted]

Ok I gather that this may be an idea which would go against the open and friendly nature of this forum.

So I will revoke the suggestion



















Can we have a ' you muppet' thumb thing ?

[Greg]

May 13, 2014 20:25:10 GMT @purple1234 said:

Ok I gather that this may be an idea which would go against the open and friendly nature of this forum.

So I will revoke the suggestion



















Can we have a ' you muppet' thumb thing ?  

[Phoenixflame (Julie)]

Who needs a thumb - you could always just type "you muppet"

[Deleted]

If your a French English member, a un like could mean one like I am going to apply for a French passport.

Seriously do we need one, I understand what your saying but if you don't like a certain post because of vulgarity and disrespect or is irrelevant to the opening post then just report it.

Like lairey and others have said we are renown for being a friendly forum so a unlike might bring even more discontent.

[VapingBad]

It would almost certainly be something that ProBoards would have to implement in their back-end system before AAEC could enable it in their template.

[OneDay]

If enough people wanted a thumbs-down, Chrissie could put one in the smiley collection. Would a thumbs-down count as a smiley? Or would it be a frownie?

[Chrissie]

I could code in a dislike thumb next to the the like thumb - but I'm not going to do so for all the reasons already stated.

As for OneDay's idea of a frownie - if anyone really wants one, they can add it to their personal smilies.

[djs]

May 13, 2014 21:09:06 GMT Chrissie said:

As for OneDay's idea of a frownie - if anyone really wants one, they can add it to their personal smilies.

Oh no, don't tempt me.

It would encourage me to visit the classifieds to wreak havoc.

[Chrissie]

May 13, 2014 21:28:20 GMT djs said:

May 13, 2014 21:09:06 GMT Chrissie said:

As for OneDay's idea of a frownie - if anyone really wants one, they can add it to their personal smilies.

Oh no, don't tempt me.

It would encourage me to visit the classifieds to wreak havoc.