No more likes

[quanglewangle]

It's not as if a like is a swipe right.

[Can the Man]

I really don’t see what all the fuss is about, rary if you don’t want to give a like then don’t, but I don’t think we all need to know whether you do or don’t. It’s up to the individual.

[Baldy]

I like giving like so much that I've given everyone in this thread one

I started to do that as well, but. as in real life, I couldn't follow it through to the bitter end!

[greenishfing]

OMG. I could get (even more) paranoid now.....looking at who is giving ( or not giving ) me likes now.
To tell the truth I've never really thought about it before, and the likes I give can be pretty random. Sometimes I just scroll through a thread quickly and don't even think of it.

Let's just chat, learn new things and enjoy the (virtual) company.

[mrbadexample]

I tend to "like" fairly sparingly: if a post is helpful, if a post is cool (i.e. wildlife pictures or a good build), or if it makes me choke on my tea laughing.

I haven't pressed the "like" button on Facebook since I found out it tracks what you "like". If I like something enough I write "I like this" under the post. But it has to be good to warrant that sort of effort. These are my top two:

1. Mary-Ann: "Does the 10 second rule apply to soup?"

2. Paul, accompanied by selfie in Stephansplatz: "This means nothing to me."

[Guest]

Likes are given so freely and can mean so much I wouldn't want to see them go. I do feel for anyone who gauges themselves by them beyond competitive or just nosey, because that is where good old fashioned talking should actually come in.

As for schools being PC, by gripe is rewarding children for attendance - yes I am so glad children are dosed up and sent off to spread their illness give them a ruddy certificate

[Snoop Puss]

Actually, I tend to like just about every post I read. As much as anything to thank people for going to the effort of writing and sharing. And for the same reasons Nicos outlined earlier.

And I quite like looking at my like notifications because that way I'm reminded of what it is I wrote.

[muck lover]

I love getting likes. It’s almost like having friends...
Enjoy giving them too. A bit like being important.

[burnie]

I know some forums don't have likes as they think it makes folk lazy and that rather than reply in a post. I don't like every post, not because I don't like the content, but I do try to read all the posts.

[veggiechicken]

I Like giving and receiving Likes. Makes me think that my Time on here is "Time well wasted".

[mothhawk]

It's not as if a like is a swipe right.

I 'd never heard of this and had to goggle it. Is that for real?!

I really don�t see what all the fuss is about, rary if you don�t want to give a like then don�t, but I don�t think we all need to know whether you do or don�t. It�s up to the individual.

Totally agree CTM.

Rary, this is a gardening forum, not social media, we're not (most of us) teenagers desperate to be liked because we spend so much time online we have no other friends. I'm sure nobody keeps count of likes here. The reasons for liking a post on here have been outlined by others and they are the reasons I use too.

[quanglewangle]

I wondered when I read that how many peeps would know what it meant

Some folks liive shelteted lives

[greenishfing]

Some folks liive shelteted lives

Sheltered life here .....but curiousity won out, had to find out.

[veggiechicken]

I'm not that curious and I'm assuming its swiping a screen but since I've never got the hang if that either........!

[rary]

I 'd never heard of this and had to goggle it. Is that for real?!



Totally agree CTM.

Rary, this is a gardening forum, not social media, we're not (most of us) teenagers desperate to be liked because we spend so much time online we have no other friends. I'm sure nobody keeps count of likes here. .

I know there is no need to keep count of likes, the forum keeps count for you
I also live a sheltered life