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> > The Like Button is a classic example of bounding because it reduces your thoughts and feelings about a piece of content to a thumbs up > We press the like
by wadkar 9y ago
> > The Like Button is a classic example of bounding because it reduces your thoughts and feelings about a piece of content to a thumbs up
> We press the like button all the time in real life. Giving thumbs up, a quick nod of the head, or clapping.
Oh no, I don't think real life expressions can be summed or approximated into a binary thumbs up vs no thumbs up (there's no thumbs down). For example, we express a lot more by how eagerly we raise our hands while giving a thumbs up, or how our eyes approve (or disapprove) while giving the quick nod, or how hard (or sarcastically mild) we clap.
I think there is always an amount of uncertainty in real life expression that gets lost the moment we transform them into certain form.
- jstandard 9y agoAgree! A lot of nuance can be lost in when converting to digital. My point is more about the way people use the like button has corresponding actions in "real life". A thumbs up can be used to convey a variety of emotions. Happiness, irony, and other meanings depending on culture. However on FB, the like button has an implied set of narrow usage. You use it to acknowledge, approve, like things. It's not as useful as in real-life because you can't as easily interpret context or add accompanying signals like a furrowed brow or a smile. The usage set is more narrow/different and I think most people recognize that when they give a thumbs up on FB vs. when they do so in real life.