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Like if you agree.
🙂
*shares*
There isn't a button for it .......oh
how old are you, seven ? 😉
Possibly more in keeping with the ethos here if we got a "hate" button first? 😉
meh
A meh button?
It's be more useful than that Share button which I don't think I've ever used, I've never seen anyone else use, and which massively slows down the page loading.
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It's be more useful than that Share button which I don't think I've ever used,
There's a Share button? Must be blocking it....
There is a report-post button...
[quote=footflaps ]There's a Share button? Must be blocking it....
Hmm, I don't see it as the post load script hides it and stops it irritating me, but it would be more efficient to stop it loading...
I've not intentionally blocked it, so I'm guessing it's an AddThis Widget..
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Yeah it is the addthis.com - I noticed that the status regularly got stuck on "Waiting for addthis.com" so I manually blocked it (using ABP of Firefox) and the page loads went back to being near instant.
*likes* ghostery
is now installed
*Like*
And while we're at it, let's get some more smilie options!
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Let's be honest - the "share" button is pants.
Likes.
+1
yeah can we get some more smilies and include that aubergine one that everyone knows what it really means?
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Thanks for this thread - I too now have STW pages loading much faster 😉
*likes* footflaps' post
[quote=SaxonRider ]*Like*
And while we're at it, let's get some more smilie options!
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Only problem with Ghostery is that some sites, eg Screwfix, won't work until you either whitelist the whole site or work out which things the site needs to work. Most sites work fine with it just blocking everything though....
although use or discussion of such tools is prohibited by STW 'rules'.
"just saying"
I thought promotion of the tools was banned, discussing them in relevant context of something was permitted (other threads have existed). Plus Ghostery doesn't block ads (that I know of), just trackers and annoying widgets which no one uses but slow websites down.
Tried the share button once but it shared the whole forum page instead of the thread
Wow. Just installed ABP and the speed difference is amazing. Clearly I will uninstal it now to appreciate all the adverts and slowness of this site
Just pay £2 a month and become a Pro memeber, you get no ads and loads of freebies like regular invites to STW Towers coke and hooker parties...
loads of freebies like regular invites to STW Towers coke and hooker parties...
...as a hooker...
ooo technical doping to make your site run faster
likes 🙂
As a pro, you stil get the SHARE button though.
You can set up Ghostery to block all sorts of nasties (hidden and otherwise), without blocking revenue making stuff.
[quote=kelvin ]As a pro, you stil get the SHARE button though.
You can set up Ghostery to block all sorts of nasties (hidden and otherwise), without blocking revenue making stuff.
Cool, does that mean it's OK to discuss it then? The difference it makes to page loading speed is massive. Having checked it does all appear to be down to the AddThis widget, which from what I can see is nothing to do with the revenue making features, it simply adds a "feature" which hardly anybody uses (personally I've still been downloading it, but have been hiding it for ages with the extension I use as I find it spoils the look of the page, irrespective of the time wasted - preventing the download was on my todo list). So if anybody involved in the site does turn up here, don't you think you've made the site worse with that feature?
I expect Myspace integration around 2018-19. What's this 'Like' thing all about then?
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Good shout Flashy, I've had the same thought myself.
While we're at it, let's go mad n add a quote/reply button
What about a 'little polite nod while saying 'morning'' button?
While we're at it, let's go mad n add a quote/reply button
Nah.
Then you get people quoting entire posts verbatim just to say "Nah".
[quote=bones ]While we're at it, let's go mad n add a quote/reply button
(it's not getting the blocking share button downloading functionality now though 😉 )
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While we're at it, let's go mad n add a quote/reply button
Nah.
Then you get people quoting entire posts verbatim just to say "Nah".
We need stacking quotes too
Would someone explain what function a like button serves.
As far as I can see, admittedly having never used such a thing, all it is is a lazy way of saying " I thinks that is nice"
What a pointless thing to do.
What a pointless thing to do.
*Shares*
Well clicking a Like button would save a helluva lot of typing a reply with one hand whilst entertaining with the other 😉
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GrahamS »While we're at it, let's go mad n add a quote/reply button
Nah.
Then you get people quoting entire posts verbatim just to say "Nah".
We need stacking quotes too
No we don't
What a pointless thing to do.
+1
Is "opting in" to Ghosterys´ anonymous data collection considered safe?
So, if the pub/forum analogy is correct, what's the pub equivalent of the 'like' button?
A pat on the back?
Slap on the bum?
Glancing over at the trough?
I don't want it, whatever it is.
We don't need these fripperies.
Can't we just express ourselves like we've always done, with simple ignorance, misguided logic and mindless prejudice?
Is "opting in" to Ghosterys´ anonymous data collection considered safe?
Probably, I've only been burgled twice, had the car stolen and had all my online accounts cleared out since signing up. And there was the syphilis, but other than that, seems fine.
[quote=Rusty Spanner ]So, if the pub/forum analogy is correct, what's the pub equivalent of the 'like' button?
I'll take a wild guess at "thumbs up"
Rusty Spanner » So, if the pub/forum analogy is correct, what's the pub equivalent of the 'like' button?
You hug them and tell them that you love them and they're your best mate, before throwing up on their shoes and then bursting into tears and saying sorry hundreds of times....
"thumbs up"
There's a legal president for that.
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You hug them and tell them that you love them and they're you're best mate, before throwing up on their shoes and then bursting into tears and saying sorry hundreds of times....
Let me guess.....your local has a flat roof.
Ohhh, THAT kind of thumbs up.....
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Let me guess.....your local has a flat roof.
yep, see you there at 10?
Would someone explain what function a like button serves.
The actual answer?
It's so that Facebook knows what you like, and can sell target advertising to its clients.
However, before you get all tin-hat about that, there are benefits. You've got much more chance of seeing an ad for bike stuff or outdoor gear or whatever. People take the piss out of the watch and Maserati ads on here - well on my FB I get almost entirely bike stuff ads. Including the odd interesting special offer or new product.
So it's not all bad. Just be a little careful in what you click 'like' on. So far Facebook only knows (from direct likes) that I like bikes - this isn't a secret.
However, it does do things based on your friends' posts that you click like on - I suspect it scans those, sees how often you like a friends post and shows you the things that THEY like too. Not sure if it does text scans on the actual posts you like though.
I'm not averse to it, because I know there is just an algorithm behind it. I still carefully filter what I put on FB. It kept bugging me to tell it what university I went to, so I said University of Leave Me Alone. Then it prompted me to make friends with hundreds of other people who went there 🙂 I also never check into places either.
I think the question is rather - what would be the function of a like button on a forum like this? .....
It easily shows the fact you agree with a post without actually having to go to the length of quoting the entire thing just to say
^This
Is "opting in" to Ghosterys´ anonymous data collection considered safe?Probably, I've only been burgled twice, had the car stolen and had all my online accounts cleared out since signing up. And there was the syphilis, but other than that, seems fine.
I'll take that as a [i]yes[/i] then? Cheers.
Yey, I can longer see the share button.
Small victories.
Can we have 'Disappointed' button as well
If we are goto have one can we have a few...
I only came here to say I dislike what you are discussing
Meh +1 the obvious reply
Bindun with a report link
[i]Can we have 'Disappointed' button as well [/i]
Disappointingly, I can see the benefit in forcing people to be disappointed in long hand.
You have to be really disappointed to type a post about something rather than just hitting a thumbs down on everything you mildly dislike.
Disappointing, I know.
What about having avatars as well 🙂
Runs away....
Like ... like....unlike,.. thumb... share.
well on my FB I get almost entirely bike stuff ads. Including the odd interesting special offer or new product.
I'm genuinely surprised a tech savvy person actually sees ads, I don't know anyone techy who hasn't blocked them years ago!