> > 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.
> > 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. Is Flickr's use of "interestingness" a useful thing in this case - http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/? If the goal is to just let the participants in a discussion know what others thought of a comment/idea, then +1 type systems make more sense. But if the goal is to highlight discussions/ideas(or pictures) emerging out of a group for a wider audience - then Flickr's secret sauce (albeit top-down) might be more useful. So the important question might be - what do you want to do with the "like/+1" type data. And then decide on the appropriate system to codify that and summarise the results. Does diaspora have such a system or the glimmerings of one? Speaking of which - does anyone still have invites to give out? [email protected] - thanks in advance!
