Loomio
Tue 10 Apr 2012 10:52PM

'Like' button for comments

JL Jon Lemmon Public Seen by 140
JL

Poll Created Tue 10 Apr 2012 10:52PM

'Like' button for comments Closed Thu 12 Apr 2012 10:00AM

FEATURE: Add a 'like' button to comments on motion page.

This feature was suggested in the discussion about adding a feature to promote comments up/down (http://loom.io/motions/43). It was suggested that adding a 'like' button might be a better way to start out.

Trello card: https://trello.com/card/add-like-button-to-motion-comments/4eb8a2ef43e06d000072b5fd/142

Results

Results Option % of points Voters
Agree 100.0% 9 JV JL DU AI SO RDB AT BK JM
Abstain 0.0% 0  
Disagree 0.0% 0  
Block 0.0% 0  
Undecided 0% 893 RG KC NW MT JC CWH G JG RW MS G RF N AR JT DS DMA KS S K

9 of 902 people have voted (0%)

JV

Joshua Vial
Agree
Tue 10 Apr 2012 10:56PM

I hear rich's point - still prefer like over the other options personally

BK

Benjamin Knight
Agree
Tue 10 Apr 2012 11:02PM

My thumb is starting to engorge just thinking about it.

JL

Jon Lemmon
Agree
Tue 10 Apr 2012 11:57PM

let's label it "like" for now... with the intent of re-addressing verbiage/functionality later.

SO

Samson Ootoovak
Agree
Wed 11 Apr 2012 3:27AM

Like, +1 and thumbs up

RDB

Richard D. Bartlett
Agree
Wed 11 Apr 2012 4:25AM

agree with the functionality, disagree with the terminology

JL

Jon Lemmon Tue 10 Apr 2012 10:53PM

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.

RDB

Richard D. Bartlett Wed 11 Apr 2012 4:25AM

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.

JL

Jon Lemmon Wed 11 Apr 2012 5:45AM

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".

JV

Joshua Vial Wed 11 Apr 2012 6:06AM

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.

AT

Aaron Thornton Wed 11 Apr 2012 9:06AM

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?

BK

Benjamin Knight Wed 11 Apr 2012 9:38AM

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.

JL

Jon Lemmon Wed 11 Apr 2012 9:47AM

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

RDB

Richard D. Bartlett Wed 11 Apr 2012 10:08AM

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!

BK

Benjamin Knight Wed 11 Apr 2012 10:20PM

Look at that soothing green Circle of Contentment

P

PauKokura Fri 29 Nov 2013 9:14AM

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

AI

Alanna Irving Fri 29 Nov 2013 10:21AM

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

P

PauKokura Fri 29 Nov 2013 10:33AM

thats right. I forgot that one.

RDB

Richard D. Bartlett Sat 30 Nov 2013 1:05AM

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

DU

[deactivated account] Fri 3 Jan 2014 12:08PM

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