Reaction Score

[KeithD]

Give me comments, not a fucking thumbs up.

Again, this function exists on the discussion board, not the story file. And what it's added is a new capability to denote agreement. It doesn't encourage any more posting than there was here before.

 

[stickygirl]

Give me comments, not a fucking thumbs up.

All that tells me is someone drove past with a two second attention span who couldn't be bothered spending any time to tell me what they actually think.

If I bothered thinking about it, a thumbs up is actually offensive in a way, because it means I only got the two seconds - except in your case, where there's a whole bunch of meta sitting behind it.

But I'm worth more than two seconds, so take the time to tell me about it, you lazy bastards!

You know, if you go to your account preferences you can uncheck those notifications and never be bothered by the pesky red bell again.

I see them as the kiss of a partner, in a moment of affection, a trifle of little consequence in the great scheme. It isn't the long kiss of passion between lovers, nor the preaching sermon. It's the glint of sunlight in raindrops after a shower or the little bird that stops just a moment on a branch before it's busy day sends it away in a blur. The bird will still be there and the raindrops will glisten and fall, whether you see them or not
...more than two seconds

 

[ElectricBlue]

You know, if you go to your account preferences you can uncheck those notifications and never be bothered by the pesky red bell again.

I see them as the kiss of a partner, in a moment of affection, a trifle of little consequence in the great scheme. It isn't the long kiss of passion between lovers, nor the preaching sermon. It's the glint of sunlight in raindrops after a shower or the little bird that stops just a moment on a branch before it's busy day sends it away in a blur. The bird will still be there and the raindrops will glisten and fall, whether you see them or not
...more than two seconds

See, somebody understands a curmudgeon!

You don't get any of this lyrical loveliness in a thumbs-up now, do you?

The little red bell going ding-a-ling serves a useful purpose, I don't mind that. It's the lack of proper and appropriate attention that's the issue here, which you have rectified with affection. It's like getting an apple pie with my name on top.

 

[lovecraft68]

Lit is emulating Twitter, and just as likes and retweets are seen as a measure of self worth among the shallow herd over there, it's becoming that here in some of the forums. I can just imagine the GB members now pissed because their endless alts are diluting the likes they could have if they had the spine to post only as themselves.

Twitter also-unless you've set your settings to not see NSFW content-dominated by women posting adult content.

My initial thought is this forum wouldn't get too carried away caring about it, then it dawned on me it can be seen as another stat to obsess over.

Can't wait for the first graph tracking likes here.

 

[TxRad]

LC, play nice or I'll send you more snow.

 

[LexxRuthless]

LC, play nice or I'll send you more snow.

Noooo! No more snow!

 

[LexxRuthless]

I think of the reactions here like a sticker you'd hand out as a teacher. Do something clever, get a sticker. It's something people may eyeroll over, and that's fine. Others see the value in positive reinforcement and hand them out generously. I think it's fun to get a sticker every once in a while. But, you know, I'm a whore for stickers.

 

[TxRad]

I think of the reactions here like a sticker you'd hand out as a teacher. Do something clever, get a sticker. It's something people may eyeroll over, and that's fine. Others see the value in positive reinforcement and hand them out generously. I think it's fun to get a sticker every once in a while. But, you know, I'm a whore for stickers.

Everything is fine until someone tells you where to stick those stickers.

 

[windar]

I think of the reactions here like a sticker you'd hand out as a teacher. Do something clever, get a sticker. It's something people may eyeroll over, and that's fine. Others see the value in positive reinforcement and hand them out generously. I think it's fun to get a sticker every once in a while. But, you know, I'm a whore for stickers.

There you go!

 

[Bramblethorn]

All I can say is they're having one hell of a good time over there. I've spent a good chunk of the past day hanging out with them and laughing nearly non-stop. It's like a concerted effort to MAKE the reaction score meaningless, even as they top that category.

"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."

 

[JuanSeiszFitzHall]

As someone who has no current involvement with the huge social media, and had very little in the past, I am aware of the 'like' economy but never participated in it. Yet I agree with windar that some of the new items in the blue bar along the top of my screen are useful. The alerts show me if there's been a response to something I posted. I can therefore make a point of checking that out.

The bell icon is okay, but there should be another icon if one is being talked about behind one's back. I propose a burning ear.

 

[ElectricBlue]

The bell icon is okay, but there should be another icon if one is being talked about behind one's back. I propose a burning ear.

How would the system know?

The bell tells you a post has been quoted, so you can go see what's being said.

I don't know what happens if someone you have on Ignore quotes you, but if they're on Ignore, I have no interest in what they say - it's probably the same garbage you put them on Ig for, in the first place.

 

[JuanSeiszFitzHall]

How would the system know?

The bell tells you a post has been quoted, so you can go see what's being said.

I don't know what happens if someone you have on Ignore quotes you, but if they're on Ignore, I have no interest in what they say - it's probably the same garbage you put them on Ig for, in the first place.

That was supposed to be a joke, mostly. It might be possible that references to one's username without one's content being quoted could trigger the burning ear. No, I don't want the site to adopt this.

 

[LexxRuthless]

As someone who has no current involvement with the huge social media, and had very little in the past, I am aware of the 'like' economy but never participated in it. Yet I agree with windar that some of the new items in the blue bar along the top of my screen are useful. The alerts show me if there's been a response to something I posted. I can therefore make a point of checking that out.

The bell icon is okay, but there should be another icon if one is being talked about behind one's back. I propose a burning ear.

How would the system know?

The bell tells you a post has been quoted, so you can go see what's being said.

I don't know what happens if someone you have on Ignore quotes you, but if they're on Ignore, I have no interest in what they say - it's probably the same garbage you put them on Ig for, in the first place.

I actually got an alert this morning because someone mentioned me specifically in one of the threads. When they inserted "@LexxRuthless" into the discussion, it triggered an alert to me.

 

[lovecraft68]

LC, play nice or I'll send you more snow.

I'll take the snow if you have room for one more redhead, mine's driving me crazy.

 

[lovecraft68]

As someone who has no current involvement with the huge social media, and had very little in the past, I am aware of the 'like' economy but never participated in it. Yet I agree with windar that some of the new items in the blue bar along the top of my screen are useful. The alerts show me if there's been a response to something I posted. I can therefore make a point of checking that out.

The bell icon is okay, but there should be another icon if one is being talked about behind one's back. I propose a burning ear.

That would require private messages being made public.
I do say that the new PM which is called conversations has two options, one is to let anyone reply which makes me wonder if there is a way to publicly view them
The other is to lock it out meaning you can send someone a message and they can't reply. That seems useless seeing the person could just reply through a new conversation.
I talk all my smack on the boards, I'm much nicer in PM's...well usually

 

[lovecraft68]

I think of the reactions here like a sticker you'd hand out as a teacher. Do something clever, get a sticker. It's something people may eyeroll over, and that's fine. Others see the value in positive reinforcement and hand them out generously. I think it's fun to get a sticker every once in a while. But, you know, I'm a whore for stickers.

You haven't been here long enough to remember, but back years ago when someone faved you, you saw a red heart, but when someone unfaved you, you saw a broken red heart.
It seems the site decided that was too 'mean', that and maybe if an author unfaved another author there would be retaliation or some stupid shit. Now if someone unfavs you, you don't know unless you hover obsessively over your numbers, but even then you don't know who it is.

 

[SimonDoom]

You haven't been here long enough to remember, but back years ago when someone faved you, you saw a red heart, but when someone unfaved you, you saw a broken red heart.
It seems the site decided that was too 'mean', that and maybe if an author unfaved another author there would be retaliation or some stupid shit. Now if someone unfavs you, you don't know unless you hover obsessively over your numbers, but even then you don't know who it is.

I'm old enough to remember that feature, and I don't regret its departure. I don't need a regular update of who has unfollowed me or unfavorited my story. Unnecessary negativity.

 

[KeithD]

That was supposed to be a joke, mostly.

I got that as a joke and laughed. Can always use a good laugh in these times in the world.

 

[lovecraft68]

I'm old enough to remember that feature, and I don't regret its departure. I don't need a regular update of who has unfollowed me or unfavorited my story. Unnecessary negativity.

I think the first time I saw it on the first story I published here I had a second of "That sucks" but that was it. I do agree it seemed unnecessary, but never bothered me. I've been through enough real life crap that someone dropping me as an author or a story or even shitty comments doesn't affect me. But I do get some people don't need the moment of negativity something like that can give you.

 

[JuanSeiszFitzHall]

I got that as a joke and laughed. Can always use a good laugh in these times in the world.

Thanks, glad to help.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

And YouTube has disabled the Didn't Like icon. You can still click on it but no one will know about it. All in the name of PC and not wanting to hurt someone's feelings.

And the Like icon isn't a lit thing, it's a forum software thing. Maybe they could have disabled it or maybe not. I don't know a damn thing about the new software. And I'm to fucking old to take the time to learn about all the wonderful things it can or can't do beside not really giving a fuck. Although I have learned how to use it to suit my needs.

 

[MrPixel]

It’s my assumption/belief the whole “like” thing is a takeaway from the FB model, but somewhat repurposed on forum software to make things a little easier on “devices”. I suggest that most of us here, being authors, are keyboard-oriented, and if we want to say “that’s cool” or whatever, we say it. When you‘re on a “device” - like I am at the moment - typing is a royal PITA given the constant battle with auto-correct and other so-called AI “helpers”, and it’s so much easier to infer “that was cool” with one screen tap.

 

[Stillrandy]

Old thread, but I just noticed that today I passed 1000 on my 'Reaction score'. Does that mean I am famous?

Probably means I spend too much time on the forum making posts!
But most of them are favorable: All (1,009) Like (798) Love (194) Haha (8) Wow (8) Angry (1)

I enjoy posting stuff that I find elsewhere, and this is a nice feeling for me. Thanks to all who 'reacted'!

 

[gunhilltrain]

All I can say is they're having one hell of a good time over there. I've spent a good chunk of the past day hanging out with them and laughing nearly non-stop. It's like a concerted effort to MAKE the reaction score meaningless, even as they top that category.

I just found it. I always thought that AH was a playground.