Ever 'Unliked' a Post?

[threebikesmcginty]

Just wondering, what would make you unlike a post that you'd previously liked unless you realised it was a mistake, you sobered up, you remembered you hate the person who posted or the poster edited the content?

 

[Theseus]

Just did it to you.

 

[Night Train]

I suppose one might 'unlike' a post if the 'liked' post was subsequently edited to say something different.

 

[Arch]

You might click 'like' by mistake, aiming for 'reply'....

 

[Night Train]

Did someone just like my post above?
'tis gone. I feel dizzy!

 

[Noodley]

Do you get an "unlike" notification?

 

[Arch]

But then would it be fair to unlike the poor person who's just got his/her brownie point?

By experiment, NT and I have discovered:

If the liked person happens to be online when a post is liked, they'll see the alert - if they look at the alert, then the red flash disappears.

They don't, however get an alert of 'unliking'.

If they haven't looked at the alert, and the post is 'unliked', the red flash disappears.

The number of 'likes' in their profile goes up, with a 'like', but back down again when 'unliked'.

So if someone didn't happen to be online, until after the 'unlike'. they'd be unaware of it all. And if online, they'd only notice if they were keeping detailed tabs on their 'like' count.

We can't check what happens if a like takes you over a trophy level, and then is unliked, as neither of us is near enough a level.

 

[Arch]

Wow - thanks Arch.

Just sometimes, my academic thirst for research surfaces!

 

[Arch]

Just sometimes, my academic thirst for research surfaces!

Actually, no. NT had the idea to do the research, I just wrote it up - that is my strength!

 

[Night Train]

We tried it with me looking out for the alert the first time. I saw and read the alert but the unlike did not cause an alert. the 'like' banner under the post just disappeared.

We then tried it again without me reading the alert and the alert came and went unread.

We then tried it monitoring the like count and, again the count went up and down without any fuss nor notification.

In theory you could go back and completely unlike all your likes and no one would notice unless they were monitoring it, both looking at their liked post or their likes count.

It would take a concerted effort to see what happens with trophies but if I remember we might try it shortly after, or just before, I get my next 'likes' trophy. That could be a while off yet though.

 

[Night Train]

And yes we are sitting side by side on two sofas doing this!

 

[Arch]

Anyone know the trophy levels? I know there's one at 1000, is there a 1500?

 

[Arch]

And yes we are sitting side by side on two sofas doing this!

We really should decide what we're doing today!

 

[theclaud]

they'd only notice if they were keeping detailed tabs on their 'like' count.

And what kind of insufferable narcissist would do a thing like that, I ask myself?

I did unlike something recently, because I'd liked it impulsively on the strength of some pics in it and because I like its author, but I subsequently noticed it contained an unkind dig at another friend. Other than that it's usually just a matter of having hit "Like" instead of "Reply". The damage has to be undone quickly in P&L Lite, where such a mistake might be seen to endorse endorse some kind of Melanie-Philips style foamathon.

 

[Arch]

And what kind of insufferable narcissist would do a thing like that, I ask myself?

Not me, for sure. Maybe some of those P and L types...