Feedback Likes instead of Thanks

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Some of you may have noticed that I replaced "Thanks" with "Likes"

A few thoughts about the change:

1) We can always go back to Thanks if folks don't like the change after giving it a try for a couple weeks.

2) Most of the time, the Thanks button used to show that someone likes a post and/or the images in that post.

3) The "like" button can also be used to say "thanks", eg when someone has complimented you in their post. Not exactly the same to like and to thank, but close enough and used this way in many communities.


I'm always open to suggestions / feedback, but please give it some time before concluding that you dislike the change.


Also, you can enable or disable being notified of new Likes via these settings: https://www.photographerslounge.org/profile.php?do=editoptions
 
As it's functionally identical I really don't see the problem, apart from old farts like me who loathe and despise anything including terminology connected with this so-called social media phenomenon.

when the antisocial media phenomenon takes flight, mind you, I'll be right in the vanguard ...
 
To me, the "Thanks" always expressed an appreciation for a given post, in cases when one agrees or even disagrees with the content. I also enjoyed that the response made Amin's boards just a bit different - perhaps a bit friendlier and more personal - than other boards. In fact, I'll admit that "Thanks" actually caught my attention and interest the very first time I stumbled across Serious Compacts and Mu-43. But "Likes" is fine if that's what most members prefer.
 
I've checked a few sites I'm member of: one uses "like", one uses "like", "thanks" and "agree", one uses "top", "flop" and "thanks", one uses none, because they prefer a real comment, and another uses the complete range ("like","agree","don't agree", "funny", "winner", "informative, "helpful",...).
I prefer "thanks" over "like" because of the Facebook-touch and I could thank someone for uploading a nice photography and for a comment.
But I could live with both versions.
 
in the past, I have "thanked" a well reasoned post that contradicted my point of view..... I felt it was a way of acknowledging that I read it, as well. I certainly won't "like" a post that is "wrong" in my eyes.

But I think in the grand scheme of things, whatever you name you give it, means very little. We'll all likely just use it slightly differently based on our own personal view of it.
 
I'd thank that Luke but as I don't like the fact that you made a nice point I missed making, I can't find it in my heart to click "like"
 
I think it's very hard to judge a choice when you're used to one of the options (thanks) in a given context (this site).

In a few weeks, let's see how it's going.
 
just my opinion

I have always prefer Thanks for posting

to

I Like what you have posted

as I said just my opinion

When I post a photo, I get a better feeling from someone saying "I like your post" (implies that they like my photo) than I do from someone saying "Thanks for posting" (implies that they like that I am participating).
 
I love social media, Facebook, forums, etc I think it has to do with what we make of it.

I think it's nice having a commonality to our responses, a shared language if you will. I much prefer the simple "like". I don't need to think twice before clicking it.
 
I prefer "like". I'm not that fond of social media, myself, but maintaining contact now with distant friends is difficult without it. Email used to be de rigeur... now its facebook. The other thing about like is its ubiquitousness. People coming to the site who have been, or are, facebookians, will instantly know what to do with it, and likely feel more comfortable with it.
 
I would prefer not to have
"like" because it apes Facebook, and I really don't like Facebook. it also implies that there could be a "dislike" option. Saying "thanks" sounds much more polite and personal.

Isnt that strange, how we all view things. Thanks is less personal from my point of view. I think the other thing we have to bear in mind is that we are all from different cultures, and our interpretation of words is going to be different, whether we speak the same language or not. 6 months in the USA in the mid 90s taught me that my Aussie sense of humour was mostly lost on those I was associating with, and in some cases, actually offended, where no offence was intended.

"Like" is sort of the same across languages in this context (because of the facebook association).
 
I am utterly agnostic. I'm happy to have an option to express appreciation for a photo or post that I might not have anything additional to say about - if I did I'd just respond rather than thanking or liking. Whether I'm thanking them FOR their post or just liking the post matters not to me. I'll use it exactly the same way and will react to 'likes' on my posts the same as 'thanks'.

You provide it - I'll use it, whatever it is...

-Ray
 
I'm a bit with Ray -- pretty much agnostic and probably wouldn't have thought about it, but after reading the responses, I think I've liked "thanks" in that it's a little more other-oriented. I am saying "thank you" and the focus is on your action, rather than "like" which is all about me and what I like.

FWIW.
 
I "Liked" this post....:D

Some of you may have noticed that I replaced "Thanks" with "Likes"

A few thoughts about the change:

1) We can always go back to Thanks if folks don't like the change after giving it a try for a couple weeks.

2) Most of the time, the Thanks button used to show that someone likes a post and/or the images in that post.

3) The "like" button can also be used to say "thanks", eg when someone has complimented you in their post. Not exactly the same to like and to thank, but close enough and used this way in many communities.


I'm always open to suggestions / feedback, but please give it some time before concluding that you dislike the change.


Also, you can enable or disable being notified of new Likes via these settings: https://www.photographerslounge.org/profile.php?do=editoptions
 
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