On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected] > > wrote: > > I do wish email had a "like" button > > I see lots of people just typing "+1"....that's two keystrokes and a "send" > button, thrice as much effort! > > I find that I have had to re-evaluate the meaning of the word "like". When > there is a moving picture of a wild animal that's become roadkill, or news > that someone has lost her mobile, I felt that "like" is an inappropriate > response...I wish FB had "vote" or "tick" or something instead. It's like > "friends" on blogs, who may not really be friends at all. > > Funny, the directions in which the language evolves! > > OK, now thread drift has been established. > > Deepa. > >> >> > With the thread drift in play, I would think vote or tick would make it more statistical compared to like or just add comments if you dont like it - where the user has the option to delete comments(which may not be possible with votes or any other counting system). May be FB wants to keep it less argumentative. ~Shiva
