What’s your ‘Like’ policy in this Politics Forum? (1 Viewer)

[Gary Coal Man]

You’re obviously going agree with a high percentage of comments from someone who shares your worldview and politics, and thus ‘Like’ (smiley face) a higher percentage of those comments than comments you philosophically disagree with.

When you read a comment from a commenter you know or perceive to hold a different worldview or politics than you yet you completely agree with that specific comment are you more reluctant to ‘Like’ that comment based on the messenger?

Are there messengers on this board whom you will never ‘Like’ their comment regardless of how much you agree with it because you know or perceive the messenger to be your extreme political opponent?

 

[supermike80]

I like what I agree with, regardless of the poster. 

 

[[scooter]]

I'm willing to give anyone a like, unless that poster has a history of deleting their threads when things don't go their way.

 

[joffer]

i like a post if i like the post

 

[Cowboysfan8]

i like a post if i like the post

This

 

[wikkidpissah]

You’re obviously going agree with a high percentage of comments from someone who shares your worldview and politics, and thus ‘Like’ (smiley face) a higher percentage of those comments than comments you philosophically disagree with.

When you read a comment from a commenter you know or perceive to hold a different worldview or politics than you yet you completely agree with that specific comment are you more reluctant to ‘Like’ that comment based on the messenger?

Are there messengers on this board whom you will never ‘Like’ their comment regardless of how much you agree with it because you know or perceive the messenger to be your extreme political opponent?

Trolls are trolls, but staying out of the threads w the President's name on em steers one pretty clear of them. I've tried to engage - and support wherever possible - everyone who disagrees w me because the issue and not the argument is the thing for me. There are a lot of young folks (lotta ol poops too, but theyre locked in) who see only animus in disagreement and react accordingly. I, a radical who believes in the art of the necessary over the art of the possible almost every time and one whose view has been changed at least once by every thoughtful opposing voice on this board, look to engage all who are not just in it for the contest and have gone off page w most conservatives this side of larryboy44 to expand either their or my view. Kinda wish there was a disagree button as a barometer of who i'm reaching or repulsing w my "so left i'm right" schtick, because regulars already know me as 10-lbs-of-####-in-a-5-lb-bag and react in kind a lot less often than they used to. But i encourage discourse everywhere i can and use the like button to show that i can agree w folk. troof is troof. nufced

 

[The Commish]

I don't use "Like"....I still go with   

 

[rockaction]

I "like" posts completely at my whim, and often for reasons that need explaining. I can "like" a post that utterly appalls me in content for a turn of phrase, a joke, a good effort, an iFriend is acting simpatico with me -- whatever. When one sees a "like" from me, one might ask why that were so, and I'd oblige with a reason. It might not be the reason one is hoping for, but I'm willing to explain. It could even be shtick that is appreciated. It's varied, and as the origins of the "like" button would understand, complicated.  

 

[HellToupee]

I just love giving likes 

 

[krista4]

You’re obviously going agree with a high percentage of comments from someone who shares your worldview and politics, and thus ‘Like’ (smiley face) a higher percentage of those comments than comments you philosophically disagree with.

When you read a comment from a commenter you know or perceive to hold a different worldview or politics than you yet you completely agree with that specific comment are you more reluctant to ‘Like’ that comment based on the messenger?

Are there messengers on this board whom you will never ‘Like’ their comment regardless of how much you agree with it because you know or perceive the messenger to be your extreme political opponent?

I'm more likely to "like" a post that fits this description.

I "like" posts completely at my whim, and often for reasons that need explaining. I can "like" a post that utterly appalls me in content for a turn of phrase, a joke, a good effort, an iFriend is acting simpatico with me -- whatever. When one sees a "like" from me, one might ask why that were so, and I'd oblige with a reason. It might not be the reason one is hoping for, but I'm willing to explain. It could even be shtick that is appreciated. It's varied, and as the origins of the "like" button would understand, complicated.  

I'm both of these.  If I see a good post from someone with whom I generally disagree, I'm more likely to click a reaction.  But it's also a bit arbitrary and capricious. Unlike rock, one thing I am aware of is trying not to "like" a post unless I like all of it.  Sometimes I agree with a portion of a post, but there's an unnecessary dig or some snark in it, so I usually won't like that.  Probably I occasionally do anyway, though - see "arbitrary and capricious."

 

[Glass Joe]

I was pretty happy to like a post from a bull headed conservative recently, who showed some self awareness.

 

[rockaction]

I'm both of these.  If I see a good post from someone with whom I generally disagree, I'm more likely to click a reaction.  But it's also a bit arbitrary and capricious. Unlike rock, one thing I am aware of is trying not to "like" a post unless I like all of it.  Sometimes I agree with a portion of a post, but there's an unnecessary dig or some snark in it, so I usually won't like that.  Probably I occasionally do anyway, though - see "arbitrary and capricious."

I've tried to do this a lot less as the board has evolved into settling into a use of the "like" button and its attendant other emojis. I usually try to highlight or point out the part I like now, and I almost always stay away from liking posts that are personally directed these days. I try to make sure everything is on the level more and more as I see how people's reactions to things people say to me affect me personally.  

 

[krista4]

I've tried to do this a lot less as the board has evolved into settling into a use of the "like" button and its attendant other emojis. I usually try to highlight or point out the part I like now, and I almost always stay away from liking posts that are personally directed these days. I try to make sure everything is on the level more and more as I see how people's reactions to things people say to me affect me personally.  

If I were less lazy, I'd do this and respond directly to the post to compliment the parts I do like.

 

[Sheriff Bart]

It's a rather complex algorithm in conjunction with the latest most advanced AI to date. Have you heard of Watson?  Makes that thing look like a chump. Anyhow everything is input by Mr. Hung's 8th grade computer science class in Fresno which then determines if I should like a post and if so the proper reaction. 

 

[huthut]

Someone saving me a post by posting what I would have posted.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

I'll like pretty much any post with a decent rhyme in it.

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

I'll like pretty much any post with a decent rhyme in it.

There is one poster with whom I would not quarrel.

And that is the esteemed admin named Maurile.

 

[Zow]

I'll like pretty much any post with a decent rhyme in it.

There’s one poster where I like whatever he may say, 

And that poster goes by the name of Tremblay. 

His points are rife with wit and guile, 

Which I suppose just comes with a name like, “Maurile.” 

 

[Zow]

There is one poster with whom I would not quarrel.

And that is the esteemed admin named Maurile.

Uh oh is it not a long “I” vowel sound at the end of “Maurile?”

 

[krista4]

Uh oh is it now a long “I” vowel sound at the end of “Maurile?”

Rookie.

 

[Zow]

Rookie.

I’ve been saying “More-Isle” in my head for like a dozen years now. 

 

[krista4]

I’ve been saying “More-Isle” in my head for like a dozen years now. 

I don't remember when or how I was disabused of that notion, but it was a revelation.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

I’ve been saying “More-Isle” in my head for like a dozen years now. 

I think that’s the correct pronunciation in several of the Uralic languages. The Americanized version is like the moral of the story.

 

[Zow]

I don't remember when or how I was disabused of that notion, but it was a revelation.

I feel like how I felt when I learned that Sinbad never played a genie. 

 

[Zow]

I think that’s the correct pronunciation in several of the Uralic languages. The Americanized version is like the moral of the story.

I’ll never under why we hate phonetics here in the US. 

 

[krista4]

There once was a poster named Zow

He couldn't appreciate how

He can’t see it’s Maurile

But he’ll give it a whirl

He gets pronunciation now 

 

[krista4]

I'll like pretty much any post with a decent rhyme in it.

There once was a poster named Zow

He couldn't appreciate how

He can’t see it’s Maurile

But he’ll give it a whirl

He gets pronunciation now 

:(  

 

[rockaction]

There once was a poster named Zow

He couldn't appreciate how

He can’t see it’s Maurile

But he’ll give it a whirl

He gets pronunciation now 

I honestly now don't know if you're both pulling a Tanner or just rhyming Maurile's name correctly. Put me in the years of "More-ee-lay" camp.  

 

[Juxtatarot]

My likes are completely random.

 

[Sinn Fein]

For me -  I will continue to rhyme Maurile with Burial

Sure, there is no rhyme, nor reason - but I refuse to follow the crowd.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

For me -  I will continue to rhyme Maurile with Burial

Sure, there is no rhyme, nor reason - but I refuse to follow the crowd.

I'm not sure that checks out.

 

[Sinn Fein]

I'm not sure that checks out.

Well - if, in fact, Maurile does not rhyme with Burial - then no rhyme.

But, I suppose, since it does rhyme, if only in my own head, there is rhyme, but not much reason

 

[AAABatteries]

More-eel

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Nobody gives us rhyme or reason
Have one doubt, they call it treason

 

[E Street Brat]

More L E   

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Its like Superman's Dad .

 

[Sinn Fein]

Its like Superman's Dad .

Dead?

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Dead?

Transcendent.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Transcendent.

Jor-El had two dads?

 

[Van Dyman]

mär-EEL, imo

 

[Van Dyman]

Sure, I will "like" a post from people who I typically disagree with...when they introduce useful, factual information to a debate. When they make a good joke. Or even something as simple as posting a link to a song I like.

 

[jon_mx]

There was once  man from Nantucket.