New "likes"

[glasgowcyclist]

It could do with buttons for WTF? and OMG.

Maybe throw in LOL, ASAP, NP, LMAO, FIIK, YR!, RTFM, PMF, EMS, AFAIK, IANAL, TMN, TL;DR, BTAIM, ITYM, ICYMI, ELI5, FTFY, WTC?, HTH, IDGAF, MTFBWY, TMI, YMMV, FLATB and we would hardly need to type at all.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Did you read the post which was being referred to?

Yes

 

[flake99please]

Like, funny, & STFU are 'buttons' I have experienced in the past. A similar set up here would cover pretty much all 'reactions' to posts posted. Personally, I dont see the need for the elaboration of the others really.

 

[winjim]

Yes

Did you get the joke then?

 

[User32269]

In the big scheme of things, I don't think I'll be losing too much sleep over new icon things. I don't like them coz I access the site with a smart phone, and every time I scroll, I dish out a variety of spanners and things to random posts.
We need a Fat Thumb icon.

 

[Spiderweb]

I like to see the number of likes I have so for me anyway this is not a good change.

 

[arch684]

Not sure if I like the new likes or not but I will wait and give it a chance

 

[Aravis]

On "other forums", what I've seen is that changes like this have unintended consequences. A code quickly arises whereby the laugh symbol is used to mean "rubbish", and the spanner to mean "you tool". Of course, not everyone realises this, so you're never sure whether you're getting positives or negatives.

I like to see the number of likes I have so for me anyway this is not a good change.

Where I used to see how many times I've been liked since I joined, now it's how many times I've been rated, not nearly so warm. The one moment in my day when my self-esteem received a positive boost has been cruelly taken away.

 

[mjr]

And now they've gone again. And I think that, unlike last time, any likes you gave while the other ratings were around have been deleted too.

 

[raleighnut]

^^^^^^^+1 same here.

 

[Adam4868]

Feck the politics, at least the important emojis are sorted !

 

[Jody]

They could have given it a few days before making their mind up and removing them

 

[Mugshot]

Bag of Sh*te

 

[jefmcg]

They could have given it a few days before making their mind up and removing them

It seems it was technical not human reasons ....

Unfortunately the extended likes aren't working very well on some mobile devices so I'm going to remove them and return to the previous "Like" functionality.
Sorry about that.

Shaun

 

[Jody]

It seems it was technical not human reasons ....

*clicks non existent thanks button*