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Facebook is a bloated, invasive mess which ultimately offers little useful functionality other than that of an online address book. For all my criticisms however (and I have many, many criticisms) the one thing Zuckerberg and his band of little wizards did get right is the 'Like' button.
Yes I
know that Facebook have a mechanism whereby a user can 'Like' something on a third-party website, but on more than one occasion I've found myself instinctively looking for a 'Like' button at the bottom of an amusing email from a friend. There is no 'Like' button in my email client. None.
What I propose is a Universal 'Like' Button completely divorced from Facebook. A universal approval standard that can be used in any area of computing, from websites to email to - conceivably - the level of individual bits of data passing through your system. You could like a single binary 0 as it passes through your CPU.
And why stop with computing? Yes, I've seen those 'hilarious' physical 'Like' statuettes that you can put on someone's desk because (ha ha!) you 'Like' their desk. Balls to statuettes, let's have a free-floating 'Like' button that you can conjure up, waft into the air before you using some mysterious projection mechanism and prod into action with your fat, toffee-covered fingers. "LOOK DEREK I HAVE LIKED THAT THING YOU JUST SAID. I HAVE MADE A BUTTON APPEAR AND I HAVE PRESSED THE BUTTON AND THAT MEANS I LIKE THE THING YOU JUST SAID THERE." you would say, frantically waving your stupid hands around and dancing excitedly from foot to foot.
It is universal. It is a button. It says 'Like' on it. That is it.
both Like and Dislike
https://www.google....24&bih=615#imgdii=_
[xandram, Jul 22 2014]
old WWII like button
http://blog.tribliv...014/04/ilikeike.jpg
[pashute, Jul 22 2014]
These guys seem to like Universal
http://kritikaltech...tudio-singapore.jpg
and they even got paid for it... [pashute, Jul 22 2014]
facebook in Thailand
http://www.wikigend...acebook_in_Thailand
The most likely item to be shared is pictures of food. It has become such a trend that before eating, people take some pictures of the appealing dishes and upload them on their 'wall'. [Ling, Jul 22 2014]
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I find it almost impossible to believe this isn't on HB already, but can't see anything in the search results. |
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Halfbaked, it's called "the bun". Like=bun. Need say no more. The rest of the world does not exist. |
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OK, how about a Universal 'Bun' Button then? |
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A universal bun button I understand. A universal like button is more mysterious - if it is universal, how can it be like anything else, since it is everything already? |
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I wish for a dislike button as well. A "Please never show me crap like this again" button. |
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Wow, you are brave. That opens a whole new can of
worms. Literally speaking, naturally. |
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Couldn't find the dislike button, so I had to write it
longhand. Hate Facebook. By the way, I call Facebook
in Thailand: "The worlds biggest menu", because
people always post their meals on it. If I could ever be
bothered to do it, I will post half eaten remains, and
most recent defecations. Did I mention that I hate
Facebook? |
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I get food things and game things about once a month. My friends know better. Don't you tell your friends to not show you stuff? It's not an insult, just what you don't want to see. Either your friends eat A LOT, or they aren't your friends. I think at least. |
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Annos should be bunnable. |
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//Either your friends eat A LOT, or they aren't your
friends// |
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Ling, do you live there? If so, please accept my
apology. I certainly didn't mean to insult someone's
culture. (Though the practice of showing your dinner
everyday does grow weary.). Thanks for the
education. |
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:) no problem, blissmiss... I do live there, but I'm
originally from elsewhere. 'Ling' is just a local
nickname which means Monkey. I don't see the
resemblance, but it's common to have nicknames
based on animals. |
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