Language evolves, and we use words loosely. But I’m more and more disturbed with the way “Like” is being manhandled.
Argumentation will need to encompass polarity; so I hope that it can help.
“Like” and its misuse
October 20th, 2010
Tags: argumentation, argumentation ontologies, Facebook, like, semantics
Posted in argumentative discussions, PhD diary, random thoughts | Comments (4)
That’s a particularly egregious example, isn’t it? Quite a few of the people I interact with on Facebook have taken to posting “Unlike” or “Dislike” when they want to signal agreement or solidarity with someone’s post, but “like” would be inappropriate. I think there’s even a Facebook petition or two for a “Dislike” button.
Willa says: What we need in this case is a button that says, “I acknowledge this tragic/moving/unhappy event, to which I don’t want to spend two seconds of my life responding.”
Sad.
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This bothers me too. Where’s the dislike button?
In Ravelry’s forums, every post has five buttons: interesting, educational, agree, disagree, and love. Some people find the disagree button upsetting, however, and Ravelry has given people the option to hide it. So much for polarity!