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Title: Likes are useless.
Post by: Dreamcast on June 16, 2018, 07:57:05 PM
Disqus cis scum.

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Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: Reier on June 16, 2018, 08:17:25 PM
at least you can't dislike stuff. that's the last thing we need

not a huge fan of it showing up on the user profile though
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: FightingBotInformal on June 16, 2018, 08:33:25 PM
I’d say likes are more of a replacement to a whole post just having a quote and having the person saying “What he said” TBH
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: superbot13 on June 16, 2018, 08:43:46 PM
I have the most like given right now
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: Dreamcast on June 16, 2018, 08:45:17 PM
I’d say likes are more of a replacement to a whole post just having a quote and having the person saying “What he said” TBH

Maybe, maybe not. If you're giving advice, and you crack a joke/use a picture, people may like it for something outside the advice.
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: WeN on June 16, 2018, 09:15:36 PM
how do I dislike myself
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: Philippa on June 16, 2018, 09:18:38 PM
how do I dislike myself
me_irl
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: WeN on June 16, 2018, 09:19:59 PM
Like Stats just freaking broke my menu tab.
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: superbot13 on June 16, 2018, 09:20:20 PM
how do I dislike myself
Too bad I just liked your post

ohhhh
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: WeN on June 16, 2018, 09:21:27 PM
how do I dislike myself
Too bad I just liked your post

ohhhh
there is no like button
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: superbot13 on June 16, 2018, 09:30:03 PM
I see one
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: yugitom on June 16, 2018, 10:06:24 PM
I’d say likes are more of a replacement to a whole post just having a quote and having the person saying “What he said” TBH
^ this
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: 8bean on June 16, 2018, 10:08:43 PM
I’d say likes are more of a replacement to a whole post just having a quote and having the person saying “What he said” TBH
This is how I feel about it.  Also, I really like how it all looks with the little smooth transition after you click and being able to see who liked it along with you.
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: Philippa on June 16, 2018, 10:19:56 PM
I’d say likes are more of a replacement to a whole post just having a quote and having the person saying “What he said” TBH
^ this
What he said.
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: WeN on June 16, 2018, 10:21:47 PM
I’d say likes are more of a replacement to a whole post just having a quote and having the person saying “What he said” TBH
^ this
What he said.
understand
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: Dreamcast on June 16, 2018, 11:42:09 PM
So who's gonna like Death Grips spam?
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: pokebro14 on June 17, 2018, 03:15:55 AM
Am I on Facebook?
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: 09090901 on June 17, 2018, 03:16:55 AM
Am I on Facebook?
Not until apanx starts selling your data to the russians (or is he already :really_makes_you_think:)

Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: pokebro14 on June 17, 2018, 03:19:16 AM
Am I on Facebook?
Not until apanx starts selling your data to the russians (or is he already :really_makes_you_think:)
I hope that Russian is having fun with my data then
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: FightingBotInformal on June 17, 2018, 07:21:53 AM
I’d say likes are more of a replacement to a whole post just having a quote and having the person saying “What he said” TBH
^ this
What he said.
understand
[insert usual hard lad trigger post here]
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: Badger on June 17, 2018, 07:45:01 AM
Not sure what I think of the concept of the like button on GTM, but the implementation is pretty poor. It's ugly as **** and distracting as-is.
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: ty4er on June 17, 2018, 08:16:21 AM
yeah it looks gross and out of place tbh
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: pokebro14 on June 17, 2018, 08:25:18 AM
I think its only useful for showcases. Maybe have a system where you can enable likes on a post/make a button that makes it a post thats supposed to showcase a bot if that makes sense.
This could also come with other features like maybe a feedback function where members can write small comments about both the negative and positives of a bot that is being shown and will then be shown to the player in an organised way. A bit like a survey so a player can easily tell what the real issues are. Of course thats basically just commenting so :confused:
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: FOTEPX on June 17, 2018, 08:32:55 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE1HriDzlJs
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: TheRoboteer on June 17, 2018, 08:35:57 AM
I get the idea of the like button and in certain situations it could work, but any feature that encourages people not to leave actual feedback on a showcase, which we are already severely short of, in favour of just clicking a 'Like' button isn't something this site needs ATM, in my opinion.
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: Fracture on June 17, 2018, 09:28:31 AM
I’d say likes are more of a replacement to a whole post just having a quote and having the person saying “What he said” TBH
^ this
What he said.
understand
[insert usual hard lad trigger post here]
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Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: Reier on June 17, 2018, 10:04:20 AM
I get the idea of the like button and in certain situations it could work, but any feature that encourages people not to leave actual feedback on a showcase, which we are already severely short of, in favour of just clicking a 'Like' button isn't something this site needs ATM, in my opinion.
yes
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: Scrap Daddy on June 17, 2018, 11:27:02 AM
I like the idea but the big red button is ugly. I've seen them on other forums under the profile pic that looked pretty good.
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: superbot13 on June 17, 2018, 04:57:44 PM
I think we need a dislike button (just like reddit)
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: pokebro14 on June 17, 2018, 05:07:35 PM
I think we need a dislike button (just like reddit)
That's a bad idea. GTM has had a few issues with negativity and people annoying each other. Adding a dislike button could actually make things worse in My opinion. It would only get people angry at each other and cause them to get into fights or day something they regret. I dont like to use examples or try and blame you for stuff but when ra2winner and fighting robot informal weren't impressed with your bots you just asked them to battle you which is sort of the type of thing that might happen if you do add a dislike button.
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: superbot13 on June 17, 2018, 05:53:55 PM
I think we need a dislike button (just like reddit)
That's a bad idea. GTM has had a few issues with negativity and people annoying each other. Adding a dislike button could actually make things worse in My opinion. It would only get people angry at each other and cause them to get into fights or day something they regret. I dont like to use examples or try and blame you for stuff but when ra2winner and fighting robot informal weren't impressed with your bots you just asked them to battle you which is sort of the type of thing that might happen if you do add a dislike button.
But then I can dislike their posts (fbi's)  :argue_smilys:
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: pokebro14 on June 17, 2018, 06:09:12 PM
I repeat what I said. It's just not something we need. Someone disliking a post will make not benefit anyone.
If someone wants to say they don't like it for whatever reason they should comment about it
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: 09090901 on June 17, 2018, 06:27:32 PM
How about a compromise?

Implement a dislike button, but only for FBI's posts.
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: UberPyro on June 17, 2018, 07:00:38 PM
I'm not a particularly frequent poster but I think the like button is unnecessary for the purposes of GTM. It adds complexity we don't really need and I don't want anyone to focus on how many likes a post gets since stuff like that tends to happen. GTM has been working fine for years and years and I'm afraid a change like this will affect reading and posting habits.

If people like a showcased robot then they should make a post saying why they like it.

I do agree the current implementation is pretty ugly.

Maybe I just missed it, but can we discuss things like this before they are implemented to see if it's something that people would actually be interested in? Is there any reason this was added that I am not aware of? There might be other things members would rather have implemented.

I do appreciate that someone is making an effort to improve GTM in some way though.
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: Badger on June 17, 2018, 07:08:43 PM
It's not necessary, but I think the idea is alright actually. Just make it less ugly.
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: 09090901 on June 17, 2018, 07:13:54 PM
I'm not a particularly frequent poster but I think the like button is unnecessary for the purposes of GTM. It adds complexity we don't really need and I don't want anyone to focus on how many likes a post gets since stuff like that tends to happen. GTM has been working fine for years and years and I'm afraid a change like this will affect reading and posting habits.

If people like a showcased robot then they should make a post saying why they like it.

I do agree the current implementation is pretty ugly.

Maybe I just missed it, but can we discuss things like this before they are implemented to see if it's something that people would actually be interested in? Is there any reason this was added that I am not aware of? There might be other things members would rather have implemented.

I do appreciate that someone is making an effort to improve GTM in some way though.
Just an extra tibit, nobody on staff was informed that this was going to be implemented. If I had to guess the idea probably came from
https://gametechmods.com/forums/site-news-and-feedback/what-can-gametechmods-as-a-community-do-for-you/msg745052/#msg745052
and a few of ther discussions and chats we've had with users.

I'm not gonna complain at all since apanx actually get's sh** done as an admin.

Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: Dreamcast on June 17, 2018, 09:15:10 PM
So this like button came and now I can't copy any text or open spoilers. So now it's unironically harmful.
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: Badger on June 17, 2018, 09:27:02 PM
So this like button came and now I can't copy any text or open spoilers. So now it's unironically harmful.
works fine for me and thats all that matters tbh 🤷‍♂️
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: Dreamcast on June 17, 2018, 09:35:12 PM
So this like button came and now I can't copy any text or open spoilers. So now it's unironically harmful.
works fine for me and thats all that matters tbh 🤷‍♂️

oof
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: FightingBotInformal on June 17, 2018, 10:19:04 PM
How about a compromise?

Implement a dislike button, but only for FBI's posts.
How about for yours too since you’re the exact opposite of cancer
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: Dreamcast on June 17, 2018, 11:43:13 PM
Implement a dislike button for, "the exact opposite of cancer?"

Are you one of those people who use Crystals before chemotherapy?
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: Meganerdbomb on June 18, 2018, 10:55:55 AM
They are useful for doing stuff like this.
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Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: superbot13 on June 18, 2018, 04:00:33 PM
They are useful for doing stuff like this.
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Are those traps lol
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: FightingBotInformal on June 18, 2018, 10:04:20 PM
They are useful for doing stuff like this.
 
i’m 99% sure xxxtentacion liked that sh** a few hours ago
Title: Re: Likes are useless.
Post by: Meganerdbomb on June 19, 2018, 07:04:31 AM
They are useful for doing stuff like this.
 
i’m 99% sure xxxtentacion liked that sh** a few hours ago
I'm certain of it.