Originally Posted by
SkiAdcock
1. Yes they do. And given that there has not been a like to date, yet we have thousands of helpful posts all over FT it appears that they do so for the very reason you mention - giving back to the community - and not because of an artificial like.
Thousands? We could have tens of thousands.
Originally Posted by
SkiAdcock
2. You're sure imbibing like with a lot of power it doesn't necessarily have & also downplaying the current responses FTers receive such as thanks/agree/+1/or something written out. Why you think like counts more than the others in terms of feedback is a bit perplexing.
A few percent of people will bother to post a "Thanks." A much, much higher proportion will click a simple "Helpful" button.
Originally Posted by
SkiAdcock
3. Well if it takes a like/helpful to get you to post to help others & not doing so simply because you feel you can contribute, that's just disappointing.
Who likes to put energy into a vacuum? If no one ever responded to your posts, would you really put forth a lot of effort to make them? If so, you're a better person than I am.
I simply made a statement of fact of how it works in real life for me. I guess you can be disappointed with me all you want, but you know first-hand that I'm a pretty helpful poster, so I think I'm allowed to say that sometimes I don't feel like putting the energy into making a post. And if receiving some concrete appreciation for making a post would help me to overcome that, then how is that a disappointing or bad thing?
By the way, I don't think I'm alone in making that statement.