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Respecting, and from an admin perspective understanding, Glenn’s wishes “Again, please no more tangent discussions of likes or reaction scores in this thread.”, I didn’t want that thread to go wildly off course, but feel I should elaborate on my anti “like” or “point scoring” preferences on a separate thread.
In a quick Google there are dozens of articles regarding the addictive impact of “Like” buttons, from the New York Times to Cosmo. Not to be idiomatic, but it is what it is.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/style/are-likes-and-followers-the-problem-with-social-media.html
https://steverosephd.com/why-we-are-addicted-to-likes/
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a9931660/psychology-social-media-likes-mental-health-issues/
I didn’t need a weatherman to tell me which way the wind blows; I saw Facebook addicts at my old work jonsing like a Junkie, and spending half their day in search of new likes and “friends”.
Social media “Likes” are addictive; they are deliberately designed to be so. I know that I am addictive enough already without being part of some social media software psyops.
No offense to anyone who enjoys gauging their “score”, but I do not canoe trip, or participate on paddling boards, in search of a self-validating sense of worth, and don’t want that, or other competition, to become part of my deliberately limited exposure to social media.
Who has been paddling the longest? Whose pack weighs the least? Whose canoe cost the most? Whose single blade technique is the epitome of learned grace and style? Who does the longest/hardest/most remote trips? I enjoy reading about that stuff, and jeepers, am not in first in any possible category. But, in the end, who cares?
Even when I raced I wasn’t striving to be ultra competitive, and didn’t want to be; being there and being part of it was enough. I/we did take various “First-in-class”, but we were most often in a class by ourselves.
I can do without a Who’s-Who of “winning” reaction scores and trophy points race. What the hell is a “trophy”? Can I put it on my mantle? If we ever have another raffle should we have a trophy, or award a Pantone 342 “Rye Green” PFD to the winner.
Lets rejoining our coverage for a look at who’s ahead on the Leader Board today.
That, of course, is just me; I don’t expect anyone else to hold the same “Likes” judgment. Maybe y’all are more immune than I to subtle, psychologically designed addictives. I’ve been hooked on certain beverages and smokables for 45 years, I need no more vices.
Although, as mentioned earlier, a quick glance at the thread that started this discussion, dividing the various participant’s total number of posts by their reaction score, shows that y’all have some serious catching up to do.
“Tryin, wearing black and blue silks, is coming around the second corner already leading by two lengths, with 27 messages and 69 points.
Tryin, if I knew how I’d give you some love, or at least a wow. Or visit the $2 window.
In a quick Google there are dozens of articles regarding the addictive impact of “Like” buttons, from the New York Times to Cosmo. Not to be idiomatic, but it is what it is.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/style/are-likes-and-followers-the-problem-with-social-media.html
https://steverosephd.com/why-we-are-addicted-to-likes/
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a9931660/psychology-social-media-likes-mental-health-issues/
I didn’t need a weatherman to tell me which way the wind blows; I saw Facebook addicts at my old work jonsing like a Junkie, and spending half their day in search of new likes and “friends”.
Social media “Likes” are addictive; they are deliberately designed to be so. I know that I am addictive enough already without being part of some social media software psyops.
No offense to anyone who enjoys gauging their “score”, but I do not canoe trip, or participate on paddling boards, in search of a self-validating sense of worth, and don’t want that, or other competition, to become part of my deliberately limited exposure to social media.
Who has been paddling the longest? Whose pack weighs the least? Whose canoe cost the most? Whose single blade technique is the epitome of learned grace and style? Who does the longest/hardest/most remote trips? I enjoy reading about that stuff, and jeepers, am not in first in any possible category. But, in the end, who cares?
Even when I raced I wasn’t striving to be ultra competitive, and didn’t want to be; being there and being part of it was enough. I/we did take various “First-in-class”, but we were most often in a class by ourselves.
I can do without a Who’s-Who of “winning” reaction scores and trophy points race. What the hell is a “trophy”? Can I put it on my mantle? If we ever have another raffle should we have a trophy, or award a Pantone 342 “Rye Green” PFD to the winner.
Lets rejoining our coverage for a look at who’s ahead on the Leader Board today.
That, of course, is just me; I don’t expect anyone else to hold the same “Likes” judgment. Maybe y’all are more immune than I to subtle, psychologically designed addictives. I’ve been hooked on certain beverages and smokables for 45 years, I need no more vices.
Although, as mentioned earlier, a quick glance at the thread that started this discussion, dividing the various participant’s total number of posts by their reaction score, shows that y’all have some serious catching up to do.
“Tryin, wearing black and blue silks, is coming around the second corner already leading by two lengths, with 27 messages and 69 points.
Tryin, if I knew how I’d give you some love, or at least a wow. Or visit the $2 window.
