Give us a "dislike" functionality
While everyone can "like" a posting, no one can "dislike" it. This is a bit sad. How to react to, let's say, "news: 100 people died"? I feel a bit worried about "liking" it as I would on Facebook.
I know this has been discussed in the bugtracker for a long time, but the community is still waiting for a solution. I can't see anything that would decline a "dislike" item (except "we're all in a happy wonderland here" which might fit a kindergarten but not a social network). :-)
Also, as Facebook doesn't have Dislike, a lot of malware has evolved, promising to add that but spying users instead. Maybe another good reason to include a Dislike link by default.
Jason Robinson Wed 28 Aug 2013 8:14AM
I'm kind of on the fence for the dislike thingy. Not sure it works for social media status updates. Works fine for places where content is voted up or down.
Doesn't our schema support it already due to historical reasons?
Flaburgan Wed 28 Aug 2013 8:56AM
Could you please explain how a dislike button could prevent the users from “a lot of malware”? Totally don’t get the point…
Some facebook application or browser addons offer you to add a "dislike" button to facebook.com. Unfortunately, they ask for your facebook ids and often steal the account :p
Jason Robinson Wed 28 Aug 2013 9:23AM
@flaburgan not quite sure what people clicking on malware has anything to do with adding a dislike button though ;)
goob Wed 28 Aug 2013 9:31AM
The main reason the dislike button was removed is the fact that just hitting dislike is sort of spitting on someone and not letting know why. If you really dislike a content or a story, you can easily express how and why you dislike it using the comments field below a post.
Exactly. This may be a 'happy wonderland' as Cthulhux puts it, but it works well. Just look at Youtube for the environment with a dislike button.
The existence of malware in Facebook is irrelevant to whether or not diaspora implements a dislike button or indeed any feature.
I think a dislike button is such a bad idea. It adds nothing, and detracts from actual conversation. I think the like button also has a negative impact on actual interaction, and would 'like' it to be removed. But definitely don't add a button specifically for negative interaction - that's just asking for trouble. If you really like a post, what's stopping you saying so? You know, in words.
Jason Robinson Wed 28 Aug 2013 9:36AM
Nooo, the like button is the best invention that social media has ever done :)
Btw, this should be in feature proposals, but cannot move it. Thought Sean made me some general admin :P
goob Wed 28 Aug 2013 9:38AM
A 'like' button is great for targeting advertising - otherwise useless. :P
Good idea to move this thread. Hope you can find out how.
Dennis Schubert Wed 28 Aug 2013 9:41AM
I doubt it's possible to move a discussion... I'm just about creating a proposal so we can vote here :)
Poll Created Wed 28 Aug 2013 9:44AM
Bring back the Dislike button Closed Wed 4 Sep 2013 12:02AM
Voting result: 49:3. I think it's fair to announce we (as in "the community") would not like having a dislike button.
Should we bring back the dislike button as @Cthulhux proposed?
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Agree | 5.0% | 3 |
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| Abstain | 13.3% | 8 |
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| Disagree | 81.7% | 49 |
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| Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 0% | 241 |
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60 of 301 people have participated (19%)
Dennis Schubert
Wed 28 Aug 2013 9:45AM
See my comment for an explanation of my position.
Dennis Schubert · Wed 28 Aug 2013 7:23AM
Could you please explain how a dislike button could prevent the users from "a lot of malware"? Totally don't get the point...
The main reason the dislike button was removed is the fact that just hitting dislike is sort of spitting on someone and not letting know why. If you really dislike a content or a story, you can easily express how and why you dislike it using the comments field below a post. That's the main reason we have such nice discussions in the comments, I guess...