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But there's a third option, and it's the one Wheaton is complaining is no longer there. Instead of there being a way to "like" this thing on an external social
by moskie 14y ago
But there's a third option, and it's the one Wheaton is complaining is no longer there.
Instead of there being a way to "like" this thing on an external social network (like G+ or Facebook), what about just "liking" it on a system that exists only on the site itself (in this case, on YouTube)?
Then after that, how about a system to Share the item? This doesn't really exist on the web, but the Sharing system on Android solves this problem well.
- d503 14y agoWeb Intents (which should be in Chrome soon, or maybe they're in already) should hopefully allow exactly that. http://webintents.org/ http://webintents.org/ Latest news seems to be on G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/116171619992010691739/posts https://plus.google.com/u/0/116171619992010691739/posts
- groby_b 14y agoIt's definitely in :) Grab a Canary build, start playing with it right now.
- VikingCoder 14y agoIf you're not logged in, then it's a completely meaningless "like." It can be easily spammed, you can't find it again just by knowing you liked it, your Followers have no idea you liked it. It's about as valuable as those old CGI "000000017 people have viewed this page!" And there's a great way to share the item - use the URL. Google is really aggressive about making sure that its web pages, even though they feel like rich internet applications, still allow linking.
- notatoad 14y agoi don't know where this misconception is coming from, but you could never like something on youtube without first logging in. you have always had to be logged in to your google account in order to give a thumbs up.
- VikingCoder 14y agoKudos - I wish you'd shown up and said this earlier, so I would have gotten fewer upvotes.