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What does "liking" on a social platform like Twitter even mean? When you only have a limited range of reacting to to something (like, retweet, comment) a lot o
by lliamander 6y ago
What does "liking" on a social platform like Twitter even mean?
When you only have a limited range of reacting to to something (like, retweet, comment) a lot of complex reactions often get lumped together.
- salamimonger 6y agoThis is important. Without any of the other context(that could be found in the article), this case sounds absurd. What does it mean to like something on social media? Am I liking something because I endorse x, or because I abhor x, and want more people to see it? I think a distinction could be made by having a "bump" button in addition to like/dislike.
- oblio 6y agoThere is one correct move. If you don't know what to do, don't do anything. As they say, if you have nothing good to say, don't say anything at all.
- thatguy0900 6y agoActually applying the golden rule would probably be the death of social media's business model
- megous 6y agoLife shouldn't be lived as if you're talking to a police officer all the time.
- oblio 6y agoWhen you're up voting a beheading, it definitely should. I'm dismayed I need to spell this out.
- megous 6y agoI was responding to a suggested general rule.
- lliamander 6y agoAre you suggesting that up voting a beheading should be a crime? That would be a pretty terrible take.
- lliamander 6y agoIn a society where the government surveils your social media account and where freedom of speech is not enshrined in law and precedent, sure. But what determines whether what I am "saying" is or is not "good" in the context of a "like"?
- rbecker 6y ago"Keep your mouth shut if you don't want to get in trouble."
- leephillips 6y agoA few years ago the “like” button was more of a bookmark; now it has evolved into a signal of approval. Twitter changed the icon from a checkmark to a heart on Tweedeck, for example. I’m pretty sure that there are users who still think of it as a bookmark (but I don’t know anything about the guy in the article).
- lliamander 6y agoOften I see the "like" button used as a means for amplifying something that is noteworthy. For example, lots of people "liked" stories that reported on the riots of this past summer, but I don't think anyone would argue that this was somehow an endorsement of the events reported on.
- leephillips 6y agoThat’s another important point.