We don't like "Like"

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  1. ultraturtle

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    Several of us on the Prius Plug-In sub-forum really, really dislike the change of the label to express appreciation for one's post from "thank" to "like" that apparently took place along with the (in my opinion) outstanding other features of the recent site upgrade. Call us old fashioned, but there is a significant difference between expressing appreciation for one's post via a "thank", and the more ambiguous and creepy "like" which could apply to either the post or the poster. We get it that modern social media such as Twitter and Facebook use "like" terminology, but suggest that if you really feel it necessary to include, you add it as an addition to, not a replacement of our preferred "thank". I for one, am far less likely to "like" a PriusChat member's submission than I am to ''thank'' them for posting it.

    I'd ask that anyone that agrees support this request to change the prompt back to "thank" not by hitting the "like" prompt on this post, but by replying here with a simple "+1". I really, really do not like the "like" prompt.
     
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    And I'll go a bit farther on the difference. I may thank someone for posting data with which I personally disagree (hence I don't "Like it'), but can still thank them for their effort to try to educate me.
     
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    +1, and for clarification, the request is right on. The thoughtless brief touch of a button adds analytics without analysis. We should not be asking ( as many have already said)"Can we ?" but "Should we ?"
    Go a step further and block view counting software addons in you respective browsers! They hate that...

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    sorry, couldn't help myself.:X3:
     
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    I don't like the likes either, nor could I help myself from jumping on bisco's bandwagon...
     
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    My most frequent use of 'like', formerly 'thanks' is when, as is often needed, some one corrects me.
    I do thank them for fixing my mistakes, I just don't like the process of realizing I was wrong again.
    I chat on forums where you give stars, forums where you post WW, etc. so I would never have brought it up here, but I do use it as thanks, not like.
     
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    +1 on returning "like" to "Thanks"
     
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    I perfer to have Friends and be Friended that to be Followed or have Followers.
     
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    +1 Yup, it's semantics and "thank" is a better term.
     
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    If I had a choice in word or icon I would pick the a 'thumbs up.'
    As it is, I'm now done with this thread because I care very little one way or another.
     
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    I want a dislike button, it would be handy sometimes ;)
     
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    So.......... you like the fact they're trying to educate you.........? ;)
     
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    i wonder if this is all age related? some of us old folks don't even understand the term as it is used in this context.
     
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    I am not that old and I don't "like" or understand the context. How old a gent are you bisco?


    Posted from my iPhone via the Tapatalk app.
     
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