"Thumbs up" likes need improvement
Zorastro
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There is no visible change to the Thumbs Up icon when you click it. The only way I can tell whether I've already liked the post is by clicking the Thumbs Up and seeing whether the count goes up or down. Really? Please make the icon change color (e.g. become solid-filled) after liking.
While you're at it, consider an option to see who liked the post.
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I agree it's repetitive pressing the thumbs up button up and down to see if your like was counted or not 👀
i hesitate to wonder out loud whether there should be a thumbs down button too.
on the one hand, having such an option might alone satisfy the disagree-ers and then they won’t feel the need to pipe in with a reply of their own that offers a contrary viewpoint ... which risks alienating others if these disagree-ers are less than tactful.
on the other hand, they might not be able to control themselves no matter what and will feel compelled to invalidate, by pushing a thumbs-down button AND writing what they feel compelled to write anyway (sigh).
this is not a one-church state, nor should it be (imo)
I’ve been annoyed by this, as well. It would be a simple change, and would improve the forum quite a bit.
I don’t like the idea of a thumbs down button. If someone has a different opinion, it’s better to engage in reasonable discourse, as long as all parties involved are capable of doing so without losing their cool. In some cases, we find that isn’t possible, so we learn it’s better not to engage them directly at all. For the most part though, rational adults can disagree over a topic without it being a big deal, and conversations are why we’re here after all.
This scenario:
First person: I have an opinion.
Second person: I have a different opinion.
...is bound to happen all the time. If that’s all it takes to make me feel invalidated, it’s my issue, not anyone else’s. Attempts to impose through persuasion any limitations on speech to block out what I perceive as intention to invalidate is disturbing. One, because this intention to invalidate an imaginary construct subject to my own arbitrary rules, and I can move the goal post on what does or doesn’t qualify at any time. That’s not a fair way to treat people. Instead, I should just be prepared to deal with the fact that people will disagree with me sometimes, and understand that there’s nothing wrong with that.
Especially since we’re not talking about socioeconomic injustice, or church and state, or even a workplace project, where tension is natural and often justified. This is just some random mobile game I installed on my phone. For me to feel genuinely offended or violated in some way by another opinion expressed in direct opposition to my own about some random mobile game I installed on my phone would be... well... a little ridiculous.
Let. People. Say. What. They. Want. To. Say.
This includes people telling me they don’t like what I just said. This includes having the audacity to tell me I’m wrong, or that my complaints are silly. I’ll be okay. It’s not the end of the world.
I won’t draw a line in the sand and attempt to divide this forum into factions like the “defenders of the faith” and the “resistance”. Gross.
I’ll just interact with everyone on the same level, as other people who also installed this mobile game on their phones. Occasionally, there will be an encounter with another forum member who disagrees and then wants to make it super personal and creepy, but that’s okay too. I have no desire to limit that person’s speech.
How did this thread go from how the thumbs up button should look when user likes something (which has been discussed and I completely agree with the OP) to how discussions should work? The OP never even mentioned a thumbs down button.
can’t have the light without the dark, the like without the dislike ... otherwise, this place just becomes a stepford community of like-minded thinkers
ah so
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