topic Re: do people like the hearts? i'd rather they bring back the post view counts in Suggestion Box

do people like the hearts? or would you prefer "like" or "thumbs up" or something else?

LoriLori — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:30:18 GMT

I don't like the hearts at all. They make sense at etailers but not here. Even a "like" would be better than the hearts.

But my suggestion is can you just get rid of the hearts and bring back the counts for how many have read the post? I see you are counting who reads replies but that is not the same. I miss the post view counts and the real estate the hearts are occupying seems like the logical place to put them.

JMO. Do people like the hearts?

Also it used to be if no one had replied you could edit the title of your post without it saying "Edited." . I wish you would put that back the way it was too, for posts that have no replies.

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ChynnaBlue — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:43:53 GMT

You're asking them to switch apples for oranges. The number of times a post has been viewed isn't at all related to the hearts.

And yes, I like the hearts. It's a quick and easy way for me to send someone positive feedback

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Hooty — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:45:11 GMT

Yes I do like the hearts, it means the same as someone liking your posts like on Facebook!

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LoriLori — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:31:59 GMT

@ChynnaBlue wrote:
You're asking them to switch apples for oranges. The number of times a post has been viewed isn't at all related to the hearts.

And yes, I like the hearts. It's a quick and easy way for me to send someone positive feedback

Thanks. It's all lemons to me LOL, I am low tech by nature. But now I have changed the post title to reflect that page views have nothing to do with hearts.

Thanks for replying and you too, Hooty, and anyone else who posts their opinion. It's good to know how others feel about it.

To me when I'm on line at Sephora I "heart" all the products I use and love. I guess since post view counts are irrelevant to the conversatoin, I'll just add that if it said "like" it would make more sense to me.

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mercyMe — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:49:50 GMT

I would rather see a smiley face or "thumbs up."

The cutesy heart is somewhat childish and weird between "girls" (and possibly guys). This is not a dating service. JMHO

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LoriLori — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:54:58 GMT

@mercyMe wrote:
I would rather see a smiley face or "thumbs up."

The cutesy heart is somewhat childish and weird between "girls" (and possibly guys). This is not a dating service. JMHO

I like the "thumbs up" a lot.

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KippyK3 — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:59:07 GMT

Yes, I do like the hearts. I will use them if I find a post helpful, agree with what's said, or like a pic. I don't post very often, so this is a way for me to still feel like I am participating.
I hope they will be thought of and used in a positive way.

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KippyK3 — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:02:18 GMT

"Thumbs up" would work too.

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ChynnaBlue — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:09:00 GMT

@LoriLori wrote:
@ChynnaBlue wrote:
You're asking them to switch apples for oranges. The number of times a post has been viewed isn't at all related to the hearts.

And yes, I like the hearts. It's a quick and easy way for me to send someone positive feedback

Thanks. It's all lemons to me LOL, I am low tech by nature.

Thanks for replying and you too, Hooty, and anyone else who posts their opinion. It's good to know how others feel about it.

To me when I'm on line at Sephora I "heart" all the products I use and love. I guess since post view counts are irrelevant to the conversatoin, I'll just add that if it said "like" it would make more sense to me.

Facebook seems to have "liking" a post all locked up. The only places I see that are sites that connect back to Facebook and let you like a post through Facebook. Maybe they're coming after anyone who uses "like" as an option.

Other sites like Sephora (as you mentioned) and Pinterest are using hearts. QVC probably went with the hearts because it ties in nicely to their ToGather app, that also uses hearts and this color scheme. I haven't used it more than a few times, so that's pretty much all I know about ToGather.

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ChynnaBlue — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:11:36 GMT

@KippyK3 wrote:
"Thumbs up" would work too.

I'm sure Facebook would have a problem with that and possibly the ability to take legal action against anyone using either the thumbs up or a "like."

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LoriLori — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:20:12 GMT

Chynna Blue, I post regularly on a message board that uses "thumbs up." I like that better than the hearts and another that uses "like", I didn't know how Facebook could own such a basic component.

I'm totally ignorant of ToGather but thanks for all your replies and help, everywhere, I've seen you over and over being helpful about this change.

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Peaches McPhee — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:26:50 GMT

I am indifferent to the hearts. i doubt I will ever use them.

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KippyK3 — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:36:00 GMT

Lori, I also post on another site that uses "thumbs up" if you find a post helpful. Once I thought about it, and saw someone else's suggestion, I agreed that it could work here, too. Didn't know it was exclusive...
I am not familiar with Facebook.

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jaxs mom — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:43:50 GMT

It doesn't matter if it's a heart or a "like" we all know what it means.

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GingerPeach — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:51:28 GMT

@ChynnaBlue wrote:

I'm sure Facebook would have a problem with that and possibly the ability to take legal action against anyone using either the thumbs up or a "like."

Actually, YouTube is the one using "thumbs up."

A company could use a thumbs up symbol so long as the exact symbol was different from another trademark holders design for its thumb design. (This is not legal advice, of course.)

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kittymomNC — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:58:07 GMT

LoriLori, when you posted this: can you just get rid of the hearts and bring back the counts for how many have read the post? Do you just want to know how many views the entire thread has had?

On the OP post, in the bottom left corner, it shows that it is Message 1 of ___ (however many total posts in the thread), and then how many views the OP post has had. That's the total thread views. As you go down in the replies, it keeps the counts, but the total views go down because not as many people have read those replies.

I'm not sure if that's what you're asking or not. At first I had a problem with not being able to see the total views and couldn't figure out how those numbers were counting everything. Now we've got that figured out, but the pages that list all the titles of the threads in the particular forum do not list the total views, and that's where I would like to see it.

I don't have any idea if this helps, but just thought I would try.

And I do like the hearts to let people know if I like or agree with their post without having to post a reply. And I enjoy knowing someone liked or agreed with mine. But they don't have to be hearts, as someone else suggested, they could be a thumbs up icon. I kind of like the purpose of them.

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debic — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:59:48 GMT

@Peaches McPhee wrote:
I am indifferent to the hearts. i doubt I will ever use them.

That's my thought as well. Nor would I use anything different.

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LoriLori — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 21:16:25 GMT

Kitty Mom, THANK YOU SO MUCH! You gave feedback AND solved a mystery I had asked about in another forum. I couldn't imagine how the computer could know whether someone read a post box. Now I know. Thanks!!!! Makes total sense (which I often don't LOL).

Wow, once these mysteries fall away this place is looking better and better

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kittymomNC — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 21:21:11 GMT

LoriLori wrote:
Kitty Mom, THANK YOU SO MUCH! You gave feedback AND solved a mystery I had asked about in another forum. I couldn't imagine how the computer could know whether someone read a post box. Now I know. Thanks!!!! Makes total sense (which I often don't LOL).

Wow, once these mysteries fall away this place is looking better and better

It's a funny thing, but so many of us were so frustrated for the first hour or two on Monday, because apparently we're not as "forum literate" as a lot of people. And many of us complained, which is still allowed on the new boards, as far as I know.

But the complaints just turned into everyone helping everyone else. I couldn't figure out those post and thread counts... I thought I knew, but it just wasn't making sense. Then I connected with dooBdoo (my savior so many times!) and it all became clear. I do wish they showed on the title listings, though. I'm really glad I was able to help!

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chickenbutt — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 21:28:13 GMT

I agree with others that it's the same thing so why change it.