I support!

“likes” would be abused very much. Just look at Facebook. Peaple WILL post comments just for likes, and that does not fly with me!

contest101 wrote:

“likes” would be abused very much. Just look at Facebook. Peaple WILL post comments just for likes, and that does not fly with me!

But…if people like it, then isn't it good?

MegaApuTurkUltra wrote:

contest101 wrote:

“likes” would be abused very much. Just look at Facebook. Peaple WILL post comments just for likes, and that does not fly with me!

But…if people like it, then isn't it good?

AGREED -animeart78

animeart78 wrote:

AGREED -animeart78

“Quoting yourself is stupid, ignorant and and overall a poor and desperate attempt at making your argument seem professional” -Superandultra 2015

Superandultra wrote:

animeart78 wrote:

AGREED -animeart78

“Quoting yourself is stupid, ignorant and and overall a poor and desperate attempt at making your argument seem professional” -Superandultra 2015

uh.. what r u talking about? quoting urself?

Hi Scratchers, I think it would really be useful to add a like button to comments and discussion comments just to see weather the community agrees with you without having to reply.


Another suggestion, it might not get approved, I think the Scratch Team can add a ‘needs improvement’ button on projects. Not nesseraly that it's bad, but it could be better. You could also Like AND click ‘needs improvement’ if it's good but can be better.

Hope these suggestions get considered at the very least. ^-^

I dunno. For likes to be worth something, there has to some use for them besides agreement. The best way to agree with someone is to reply to them, to let them know you listened to what they said without skipping over. Likes, as nice as it sounds to receive them, would kinda hasten your response which isn't as thoughtful.

And what kind of use is there besides that? Karma? Everlasting fame? To me, I just don't get it, at least not here. On Reddit, people earn karma for participation because, well, that's the nature of Reddit. Scratch is different because we hold a different set of values: education, creative freedom, and fairness. Because karma would throw fairness off balance, it's not a good idea for Scratch.

If you look at places that have “like” buttons for comments, i.e. Facebook, YouTube, and Google, you can see one predominant problem: the surfacing of humanity's worst. As a rule of thumb on the Internet, people are willing to do literally anything for likes. Some of the people who farm for likes are the biggest disappointments I have ever seen. Even if it's just for laughs, “just kidding”, reposting memes, etc., it's still not worth the value it shows because there is a lot more to someone's personality than a number.

So let's connect the dots: Likes for comments on Scratch would hold no distinct, practical value; yet people, especially kids are willing to do their worst to get likes at any rate, because everyone loves fake Internet points; as a consequence, this masquerades their character under a greedy surface, which otherwise would give a much more honest, thoughtful response.

Edit: As some clarifying information, I don't entirely disagree with having likes on Scratch. Depending on how you look at it, the level of maturity on Scratch versus another place like Facebook can be better or worse. The older class of Scratch is on average more mature than the younger class, and that's just a fact by observation. But still, at any maturity, the pull of karma will bend the will of anyone.

Edit 2: Before someone points out that love-its are the equivalent of likes for projects… that is correct. But first, allow me to explain the distinction that makes them necessary, as opposed to likes for comments.

First, love-its are a functioning metric for community trends. The What the Community is Loving row on the front page displays the top 20 trending projects. While it's mildly unsettling to some that it intensifies the popularity of those who land on it, Scratch would not flourish in culture without it.

Second, love-its are one of the only ways to gauge fairness. Depending on how hard you work, you may receive a fair amount of love-its, assuming equal probability. If luck does not favor you (you don't earn as many love-its as you think you deserve), then perhaps getting the attention of a curator or ST member may help.

Third, love-its feel heartwarming to receive. It's a much stronger word than “like-it”, so it has a much stronger, more sensible feeling to it.

Hope that clarifies some things… I need some sleep now.

Wow @Zro716, I've never thought on how likes could be a BAD thing. I guess it could be used for fame. But the main reason i suggested it was because if you don't know what to say other than “I agree” or “yeah” then just a simple ‘like’ would do. Plus, the commenter might have made a good point that needs to stand out, and many Scratchers agree, then likes would draw people to read that comment.

Also how many people would like a comment saying “like if you like scratch??” It's just old.

EDIT: Thanks for taking the time to write a whole persuasive argument.

No support for the reasons stated above.

Sigton

No support. Keep coming up with Great suggestions, though!

Comic

as per zro716

Oh well

no support, likes don't need fame, but I would support it if there is a dislike button for comments and if a comment has too many dislikes, it will be marked as spam

pvz_pro wrote:

no support, likes don't need fame, but I would support it if there is a dislike button for comments and if a comment has too many dislikes, it will be marked as spam

This is like a dislike button for projects.

“Let's dislike all this person's comments a lot so they get an alert for spam!”

I support, actually.
Also, I support for liking forum posts.
However, I don't support the ‘needs improvement’ button, for reasons specified in the sticky.

As I said, the ‘needs improvement button’ was just a mere thought. Thanks for the support though!

Zro716 wrote:

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But in social media websites liek Facebook, people start thriving for likes on their photos, or videos, or status updates. Comment likes aren't that important to a lot of social media enthusiasts.

Source: My friends, who are obsessed with Facebook.

Somefakescratcherihopedoesntexist335768 wrote:
You suck and ( more insulting words )
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You know what? It might not be a good idea…