hello; I look at the "like" button this way. If a post is run of the mill or not a good zinger I just read it. The last few posts in this thread are examples. OK posts but do not get a like. I have even posted in among them so they are in no way worthless.
I use the "like" button in more than one way. Sometimes I find a post truly informative or interesting and there is really nothing needed to be added about it. A true "gem."
I also "like" posts that grind someone's post I do not like. That way I can piggy back on their verbal venom and also show they are not alone in a concept or view point.
If there ever is a "dislike button" I will use it, maybe too much. Say for those threads that ask for advice but the OP is not willing to do much work up front. It can take many pages of posts to eventually get enough decent data as they sort of dribble it out. They should do some research but must be too lazy and want the rest of us to the work for them.
Or the OP who makes several threads over time on the same issue. I guess the first thread or two gets to a conclusion they do not like. For example their tank is way overstocked or they have bad source water. It is almost like they expect a different answer if they describe the problem in a different way in a new thread.
Maybe the worst are those who use long run on sentences, paragraphs with no breaks and wording hard to follow.
So if my vote counts, I am for an "unlike button".
I use the "like" button in more than one way. Sometimes I find a post truly informative or interesting and there is really nothing needed to be added about it. A true "gem."
I also "like" posts that grind someone's post I do not like. That way I can piggy back on their verbal venom and also show they are not alone in a concept or view point.
If there ever is a "dislike button" I will use it, maybe too much. Say for those threads that ask for advice but the OP is not willing to do much work up front. It can take many pages of posts to eventually get enough decent data as they sort of dribble it out. They should do some research but must be too lazy and want the rest of us to the work for them.
Or the OP who makes several threads over time on the same issue. I guess the first thread or two gets to a conclusion they do not like. For example their tank is way overstocked or they have bad source water. It is almost like they expect a different answer if they describe the problem in a different way in a new thread.
Maybe the worst are those who use long run on sentences, paragraphs with no breaks and wording hard to follow.
So if my vote counts, I am for an "unlike button".
