I don't Like you

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Should the Like System be deactivated on TGG?

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  2. No

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  1. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 2018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    The Like system needs to go. It's a perverse by-product of the worst aspects of social media and it is proven to have ill psychological effects for people, including social media addiction.

    I'd gamble there are people on this forum who are so obsessed with it that they subscribe to VPN services just to create false accounts to like their own posts. It's an epidemic.

    I would also argue that it has an adverse affect on the post volume of the forum. How many people have just clicked Like because it's easier than typing a response?

    Likes are bad. Lay off the dopamine, folks. Ban the Like System on TGG.
     
  2. statjeff22

    statjeff22 2008 Green Guy "Most Knowledgeable" Award Winner

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    Post liked for irony value.
     
  3. Red Menace

    Red Menace Well-Known Member

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    While I agree with your post, sometimes it saves me from duplicating the same thoughts in a specific thread.

    8 likes equals the reduction of 8 similar thoughts, and members can actually type responses on other threads that merit more conversation.

    Just my opinion of course.
     
  4. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 2018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    I award you 3 MeowMeowBeenz for this post.
     
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  5. Red Menace

    Red Menace Well-Known Member

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    If I change my name to Annie’s Boobs, you think I’ll be banned?
     
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  6. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 2018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    If by banned, you mean reduced to a Level 1 and cast out to the courtyard with the rest of the subhuman scum, no?
     
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  7. bicketybam

    bicketybam Well-Known Member

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    No more likes from me. I will just quote the person and respond with "I like this."
     
  8. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 2018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    Damn you people. This is a serious affliction that affects many of your fellow Jets fans. We're talking mental health here.
     
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  9. Br4d

    Br4d 2018 Weeb Ewbank Award

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    I tried so hard to Like the post but I was worried about the world ending in an irony-driven paradox.

    This is exactly how we will all go out if we are in fact living in an alien child's reality warping simulation.
     
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  10. patleahy

    patleahy Well-Known Member

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    lol bicketybam.
     
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    patleahy Well-Known Member

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    Solid, somewhat humorous trolling post. I liked it.
     
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  12. The Waterboy

    The Waterboy Well-Known Member

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    I think this thread was a ploy to get likes, trying to catch ncjet in the "like" statistic. I will admit to hitting the "like" button because I was too lazy or maybe too intellectually challenged to reply to a post.
     
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  13. FJF

    FJF 2018 MVP Joe Namath Award Winner

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    This is what the like button fixed. Keep the like button
     
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    Ralebird Well-Known Member

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    It's not a big deal, but there should also be a "Horseshit!" button.
     
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  15. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 2018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    This might be more convincing if it wasn't coming from the top Like-getter on the forum. ;).

    We're here for you, bro.
     
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  16. FJF

    FJF 2018 MVP Joe Namath Award Winner

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    Careful , your envy is showing.

    did someone flex their like count to prompt this thread? Haven’t been engaged all that much here recently.
     
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  17. The Waterboy

    The Waterboy Well-Known Member

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    I think we have all seen a few peons bragging about their like count.

    Peons was going to be people but peons is more fitting. Autocorrect actually worked.
     
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    Dierking Well-Known Member

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    Savatage Well-Known Member

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    I need to be validated at all times.
     
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  20. joe

    joe Well-Known Member

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    ^ This +1K.

    Although you'd run the risk of putting some on suicide watch:
    https://forums.theganggreen.com/threads/barfolomew-likes-this.94573/


     
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