Instant Feedback Button

[vickyblueeyez]

Title:
Instant Feedback Button

Area:
Posts

Summary:
Similar to the Facebook 'like' button, have a 'favorite' button, kudos, etc. Some sort of button, where if a person likes an entry but doesn't want to comment, they can leave some sort of feedback.

Description:
As somewhat of an author, it's frustrating when one doesn't get reviews. I may not get reviews but I do see when people favorite one of my stories on another site. That site keeps track of how many have favorite your work. Since many authors might be coming here, I think having some kind of like/favorite/kudos button would be great. Fanfiction.net and DeviantArt.com have similar options.

Poll #6525 Instant Feedback Button

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 278

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Should be implemented as-is.
165 (59.4%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
46 (16.5%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
44 (15.8%)

(I have no opinion)
17 (6.1%)

(Other: please comment)
6 (2.2%)

Comments

[ratcreature]

I find it too ambiguous for the variety of entries, because with journals you leave quick, generic fb comments for many different things, not just creative works. As a result user A might think that the appreciation button on the memorial page for the dead pet equals the generic "hugs" or "I'm sorry" comment to express sympathy, when poster B reads it as "why does this jerk 'like' that my pet died?" It wouldn't be as bad if you had to intentionally choose to include it, but for most entries I find it not so useful.

What I like about the deviantArt favorite button is that it is not just feedback, but allows people to build galleries and bookmark things, so they have memories and I get more traffic if I'm fav'ed. I would like it if DW developed/reformed the memories feature into such a social bookmarking thing, so that I could get notified if someone chooses to memorize one of my posts as a public memory, and browsing the memories was easier.

[stormy]

That would be interesting to propose for another suggestion, but I think in here it's too similar to the already existing memories section. Perhaps a memories overhaul then?

[denise]

We do have a bug open for that! it's a massive project, but I LIVE IN HOPE.

[stormy]

I need to figure out a food bribe for programmers. I want to see all these open bugs tackled so bad. Why don't I know programming! /pulls hair out

[denise]

You know we'll teach you if you want to learn, right? ;)

[stormy]

That is an intensely interesting idea. I have way too much free time as it is. I'm usually only good for making things pretty with graphics, html, and css.

I'll always be up for helping on a small project, and contributing to Dreamwidth as a whole.

[denise]

dw_dev_training is a good place to start, or dw_volunteers. In particular, putting yourself out in dw_volunteers or dw_dev as available to do frontend work -- design, mockups, making things pretty -- would be immensely appreciated, since it's something a lot of our heavy backend programmers (claim that they) suck at!

[ratcreature]

I think overhauling the bookmarking features is already on some long-term todo list. My main point was just that I like the dA button mentioned in the suggestion, because it functions as more than a clicky tip jar, and would like having functions like that, but not the suggestion as it is.

[deborah]

This is exactly why I would certainly disable it on my own journal. Does it mean "hugs"? Does it mean "I agree"? Does it mean "I just wanted to tell you that I like you"?

I certainly don't think that leaving likes is laziness -- goodness knows I leave plenty of kudos-sans-comments at the AO3-- but in the absence of a clear understanding of what it means, I don't like the quick contextless communication. A Kudo on a story has a clear meaning, but my journal has too many different types of information to make it nearly so clear.

[vickyblueeyez]

It seems from everyone on this post that they are hung up on the word. Which is why I think it should be opt in opt out and customizable like 'current mood, current music' etc. That way one person can have like, kudos, +1, thumbs up, this, IA, hugs, etc.

[eosrose]

Customizing the wording would definitely be good, if implementing. Especially if you could have an override customization for individual posts in addition to being able to set a default preference for journal-wide wording.