Originally Posted by
SkiAdcock
Uh wait, what? How about doing a member survey/poll BEFORE you even move forward with this idea to see if FT members really, really want a Like button. The fact that you're pushing this without seeking greater FT input basically says to me that you want it & you're going to get it; doesn't really matter what FTers think.
I'm not Steve Jobs, but he proved that sometimes people don't know what they will like until you show it to them and let them use it. A trial will do just that.
What do you mean the fact that you personally are pushing this is irrelevant.
I mean that it's an ad hominem argument. Either the idea of a trial is good or it's not, regardless of who is asking for it.
If you were a regular FTer asking for this & it had approx 50% against the idea, both among regular FTers & TB members, it wouldn't be moving forward.
I might not be putting in this much time on it, and it would be harder, but I'm pretty sure that I could have found two other people on TalkBoard to move and second this at any time in the past 10 years. Calling for a vote is not the challenge. Finding an option that 2/3 of TalkBoard will approve has always been the challenge. I said as much in my campaign platform.
Hey, people thought images would never be approved. People thought term limits could never reach 2/3. I want to find out if there's something we can try for reader feedback. Maybe it will reach 2/3 and maybe not. I haven't counted yet because I don't yet have all the necessary information to write the best proposal. At this point, it's premature to say that anything is "moving forward" or for that matter "moving backward". The proposal is being defined and nobody has been asked to support or oppose it yet.