Originally Posted by
Flyertall
Experts say we revert to children again as we age... well by gum they're right!
^ for the "by gum"!
Originally Posted by
CMK10
Well said. I'm also worried that the like button turns the website into a popularity contest. I'm certainly guilty of writing posts for Facebook I know will get a lot of "likes". I don't want people to think the same way about posts for FT.
Why not? If some posters decide to increase the entertainment or information value of their posts for readers, how is that a bad thing? Do you see information and entertainment as conflicting values? Is that the root of disagreement here about a Thanks button?
These are not rhetorical questions. We need to fully understand people's opinions on this subject before we can hope to find a proposal that will make sense to all. Otherwise we are just talking past each other.