I should mention that I also plan on implementing a 'delete' button for comments. But I didn't bother creating a motion for it since it's pretty much a no-brainer.

In the interests of agnosticism I'd prefer "+1" to "Like". I find in practice 'like' is used to mean many different things, some of them having nothing to do with liking something.

Yeah, you're right. "+1" and "like" mean two separate things. Although +1 isn't really agnostic... it's favored by geeks and has it's own history and connotations. But yeah, sometimes when I click "like" I feel uncomfortable because I'm not necessarily trying to say "I like this".

I'm not too fussed about the terminology personally - can see arguments for and against the each of like, +1 or thumbs up approach. Personally I would go with like because of it's ubiquity in social media - it really just makes yammer and facebook super usable imo.

Maybe we could possibly invent our own take on it. Something like a weave or fibre becoming stronger with the more 'threads' that support it. This could be a fundimental concept within loomio. Just an idea?

Mm I agree that the terminology is problematic, but it would be fine for the terminology to be modified during/after the feature is developed right?

Rich, would you be happier if the proposal was modified to refer to the feature but not necessarily the terminology?

We need a linguist on board! There are lots around.. I'm going to ask one right now.

My personal feeling is: let's go with 'like' for now, and we can change the terminology later (as Ben suggests).

I agree, on the grounds that changing terminology is easy. Very keen to get a linguist involved, I find myself critiquing every single word in the app and it's really important but I don't have the expertise to do it right!

Look at that soothing green Circle of Contentment

Oh thats an old thread! Let me re-activate the discussion...
- Somewhere else the dislike option has been considered.
- Terminology: Find a synonym for Agree / Disagree that cannot be confused with the "voting" activity. Something like "subscribe" "unsubscribe" (but without the newsletter meaning!) "Thumb up" / "Thumb down" (argh! is the voting icon...) ...

We are using the like option as a +1 sometimes, and commenting in text "+1" othertimes...) The context of the comment self-explains if the like has to be read as "agree the comment" or "like the comment".

• Hi I'm James and I'm new in this group
• Agree

No sense, just like:

• Do you want to do this?
• Like

Its just we are used to "like" as "yes".
It is possible to like something you disagree? :S

a lot of times i just use like to mean "i want you to know i've seen this"

thats right. I forgot that one.

Sometimes I use it as a friendly stroke on the arm before I vehemently disagree with a comment :P

Perhaps there is room for a 'thanks' button as well..