"Like" option

I'd still like something that can be posted quickly. By the time I've read a post and typed in a 'name and I agree', several people can have added their bits, so we all overlap. Especially if a good contentious ding dong is going on. If it were possible to stick a 'like' on someone's post which could be flagged up it would be nice. It certainly wouldn't stop me having my say.

Jodi

Shouldn't have said that kitty it didn't come out the way I wanted it to.

I have days at a time when I post lots and, equally, days at a time when I can't post at all but, just as I don't see my friends every day, I join in with whatever the current topic of conversation might be.

Getting no likes at all, or very few, is another way of being ignored. Not all people on the forum have the confidence to bounce back from that if it happens often. It is not a case of upping one's game.

ana ...then you'd have to up your game?
yoga now that's a step too far

I don't see it like that kitty. I'm on holiday this week so I have plenty of time to read and post (though the house and garden are neglected). But when I'm working I love to read all the posts but don't always have time to reply and anyway by the time I settle down with the iPad there are threads which have carried on past where I could say much. Within these threads are some absolute gems that make me laugh, or I'd have loved to interact with.
On Facebook I love it when someone replies to my post, but I also like the likes as it were.
Perhaps (pergolas my iPad tried to write) if there were a trial period???? Nobody has to use it if they don't like the idea.

People keep asking Facebook for a "dislike" button too - imagine the trouble that would cause

Oh, heck Ana

And just think how you'd feel if the post you'd spent ages on was not only ignored (for whatever reason), but didn't attract any 'likes' either!

Surely, the good thing about Gransnet is that we interact. A like button, in my opinion, is quite an offhand acknowledgement and not what we are about.

absent I wasn't making an issue of this. My actual point was that sometimes posts get ignored for all the reasons you cited above and you rightly start your post by saying this has cropped up from time to time. And sometimes it would be nice just be be able to acknowledge a point well made or funny without having to post a reply. Just sometimes, not always.

Oh, me too Absent

Jodi The feeling of being ignored has cropped up in a variety of guises from time to time. A number of Gransnetters have mentioned that it is frustrating to write a carefully worded reasoned post and then find that someone else has said the same thing much later and – more irritatingly – is being widely applauded for their wisdom and insight. Others have felt hurt because although they have made a point not made elsewhere, no one has commented on it. Still others have become fed up because although they have answered a direct question or clarified a specific point, the question continues to be asked or the point misrepresented.

I think very often these simply result from people not reading all the posts on a thread. Some threads – and some posts for that matter – are just very long. Some topics attract a lot of posts in rapid succession so several Gransnetters may have added to the conversation while one is making one's own reply. I also think that if you happen to be the last post on a page and then several Gransnetters post soon afterwards, your post tends to get overlooked.

I feel sure these are the most common reasons why sometimes people mistakenly feel that their posts have been deliberately ignored, although there probably are (fairly rare) occasions when a post is so pointless that there is nothing worth responding to. (I am pretty sure that I am guilty of producing one of those.)

I would like a "like" button .

I agree NanaAnna I would like a like button.

There are those of us who hardly ever post anyway. We might use a 'like' button.

I used to think a "like" button would be useful, in fact I believe I requested one way back when GN was just a baby. But I've changed my mind now as I agree with those who have posted previously that it would probably stop people posting their own opinion if they could just hit a "like button"

I think a Quote button would be useful.

Yes, as Jodi has just said, a 'like' button stops you having to refer back to which post you agreed with, as you can inadvertently agree with a following, opposing comment that has appeared whilst you are writing your own response

I agree with your comments phoenix but reading back comments on some threads there is a feeling that some people feel ignored. I know I do sometimes, I'm sure we all do. But I realise that often I read something someone has written and smile to myself, or think 'good point' etc. and on occasion I'd like just to acknowledge that without having to write something.
I'm newish on here and have contributed quite often so it's not a case of being reticent. For example I love your "Yeah, wot Dwuane said, innit'. But by the time I'd read that other posts had appeared so if I just typed like it wouldn't have connected to your post. Does that make sense?

I wouldn't like there to be a tally of 'likes' though.

We have for saying thank you and for saying 'like it'. Or . And we have for saying 'I'm not happy with that' or even .

Or one could just type Like or Dislike and post. Might be worth trying that for a while to see how it pans out.

The preview button I suppose serves as an edit. I would like a 'like' emoticon meaning I agree. Sometimes a smile doesn't seem suitable for more serious upsetting subjects. A grin or smile is often used alone and not considered dumbing down so what's wrong with an 'I agree' emoticon. Just need to think of one. An apple?

An 'edit' facility would be good, but don't see the point of a 'like', though. Think that could end up being confused with posters just using it to say that they'd seen the post, not whether they'd agreed/liked it.

Agree about an 'edit' button - that would be really useful!

Not being able to edit is so frustrating. But a 'thank you' button would be great too.