discussion To like or not to like. That was the question.

[John]

Have I missed something here? the like button doesn’t bump threads or posts I really don’t see the issue with using it, that is what it’s there for, if somebody doesn’t like the little bell from telling them someone liked their post then turn off “Reacts to your message“ in your preferences

 

[boatman]

HI John yes you are right in my opinion as i also think like you are as i cant see an issue with the like buttons an it really helps the builder to get a quick compliment on his or her build but thats my take on this subject
ATB to you Sir
Chrisb

 

[Jim R]

if somebody doesn’t like the little bell from telling them someone liked their post then turn off “Reacts to your message“ in your preferences

Exactly :thumb2:
If the notification annoys you then turn it off. In your account you can customise your settings to suit you.
Jim

 

[Tim Marlow]

Nothing missed John. The whole buttongate saga is a little incomprehensible to me as well. After all, even if you havn’t disabled the reactive messages when you look at them the software clearly distinguishes between button clicks and written replies. If it says xxxx reacted to, then it’s a button press. If it says xxxxx replied to, then they’ve written something. Not only that, the second time you go into the bell icon only “replied to”messages are highlighted?
To be fair to Ian, he may well have got a couple of complaints from members that didn’t realise how the bell icon worked and thought a general discussion was the best way to deal with it.

 

[Guest]

And to think there is (probably) a very simple solution. Just switch off some or all of these options on your preferences page:

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… and away go the notifications you don’t care about, such as when someone hits Like on a post you made (that’s the “Reacts to your message” one.)

 

[Guest]

Why so intent on controlling how and why the forum is used?

That is what I’ve wondered about too more than once over the years I’ve been here. But threads that discuss anything remotely like it tend to get deleted …

 

[spanner570]

Silly question based on a quiet observation....

Just wondering why the 'Snipers' who are publicly having a bit of a pop at the way this forum is run bothered to re-join this year?

Lots of Love.
Henry Kissinger

 

[Guest]

Just wondering why the 'Snipers' who are publicly having a bit of a pop at the way this forum is run bothered to re-join this year?

This is a great question.

I have a counter question - why is ok for the forum to have a public pop at it's patrons?

 

[AlanG]

This is going around in circles and will only create (more) tension and segregation , which imho is not a positive direction for the forum and it's members to go.

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