Vote: Should we add a like button?

No. The point of this community is to A) write what's going on in your life and how you're feeling and B) interact with other diarist on a personal level. We're all already a bit lazy on commenting. The "like" button would make that even worse.

xo heather

good point!

I agree! It takes away from the interaction and conversation.

Ironically, if I could "like" this comment, I would. Agreed.

I agree!!!

*amour de bebe*

Yes

valencia

I'm split in half on this. A like button would be ok for things that you don't know what to comment with but you like it. But a like would also be about the equivalent of leaving a blank comment.

Comment Whore™

No, we are a community where we share our thoughts, both good and bad. A place where we can come to vent our frustrations and tell secrets...or just our day-to-day happenings.
We have the reader's choice , that is good enough.

A RedSox Fan

Good point on the reader's choice. I didn't even think about that. Does anyone even use that feature anymore?

xo heather

I have a diary on Easy Diary http://easydiary.ewsentinel.com/ diary name minnie58 ...

we have a like button for diaries and entries there. Sometimes I think it can make a diarist feel bad if the like button is pushed for some comments but not theirs. Also the same for entries. I'm not a facebook fan.

angellee

No. One of the things I like is that this place isn't Facebook

Glad to see some feedback on this - I feel a very similar way, but didn't want to not add a relatively simple feature if people really wanted it.

Steve

Yes

just del

I think it would be nice to be able to like comments, but not entries. If you like an entry, the blank comments or even a smiley comment is fine. But as a writer, sometimes I want to show commenters appreciation for their feedback and replying to each with "thanks" is just silly to me.

No. I agree with what the other comments have said about connecting on a personal level, etc. I think if there was a "like" button, then people wouldn't comment anymore.

NO WAY!
It will be too much like FB and become a competition like it does on FB. Also, being a part of BLOOP gives a chance for others to read about what's going on in their life and comment on it and I believe a "like" button will hinder that a bit. The reason I like Bloop so much because it ISN'T Facebook. Yes, pretty much everyone has an account, but there's all the "this girl wants to get a million likes; lets do it!" among other crap on there.

[Ethan James|0 likes] [|reply]

No. One reason I'm still at Bloop is because people engage with each other beyond a "thumbs up!"

Yeah, I'm going along with 'no'.

Noooo. I vote no for the like button.

*amour de bebe*

YES

photobooth.

No. It seems a little lazy. As a diary sight I feel we are a little classier than Facebook. I prefer we keep it thoughtful here. If you add one though it wouldn't hurt a diarist like me though. I just wouldn't use it.

Well darn I was going to say yes BUT after reading the comments I see their point. It would just be nice to be able to let someone know you read and are not just a stalker. Most of the time people read and you do not know unless you have extra and can see who is reading. HUM I am torn now...

[stickbug7|0 likes] [|reply]

Definitely no!

Jessica

Yes

Mami 2 ♥ 1

Don't care. Though for people who don't have Xtra, it's a way of having more knowledge of who's looked at their entry - more people will like than comment. And if people were still getting indignant about people who 'lurk', it would be a good way for lurkers to do more than lurk! But if you do it, you should totally make more options than 'like' - you need buttons for a 'WTF?' and a 'tl;dr' and a 'woah - I am so indignant on your behalf' and stuff!

I think you should get rid of the new coding that only shows one entry per person on the main page. I like to see if someone has done several updates in a day. It shows me how active they are. And for myself, I only get into the swing of Blooping if I'm writing several updates per day. But now I feel I have to wait till my entry has disappeared from the main page, by which time I'm no longer in the Bloop update momentum, and I disappear from Bloop again. So I end up only writing one entry every few months, instead of, say, fifty in a period of two weeks every few months. Though of course, you may be happy about that! But I had a lot of interaction with Bloopers when I was on a Bloop roll - plenty of people liked my entries! And those who don't can easily block me and not see them.

whatevz

No. Definitely not Facebook or Twitter

No.

This is a diary site. If readers like an entry or even other comments made on it, they can leave their own comment and/or nominate the entry for Readers' Choice.

Bloop does not need to become another social networking site.

Please no.
It's nice to see that people actually still comment each other on here.
I think it would be annoying.

once.upon.a.time.

No