Twitter: Maybe if people can't like stuff they'll stop being racist and hateful. Sane Person: Couldn't they just retweet? Twitter: Maybe we'll have to take that away too. Sane Person: That destroys the platform! Twitter: This is a tough one. Maybe if we took away the checkmark?
Twitter to remove 'like' tool in a bid to improve the quality of debatehttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/10/28/twitter-remove-like-tool-bid-improve-quality-debate/#Echobox=1540804157 …
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Sane Person: How about you just police the hate speech and threats! Twitter: No no. We can't tell the difference between threats and speech. Sane Person: While we're at it, how about a damned edit feature? Twitter: No no. We'll just remove the like feature....
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You could just tell people that you like a post, with words. People used to have to do that, it wasn't terrible
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So if there is no debate, a simple friendly acknowledgement will suffice...? Interesting idea.
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If only there was such a thing! I know! Perhaps Twitter will install a button that automatically fills in a reply such as "I like this, but have absolutely nothing to contribute other than my admiration." I'm going to ask
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No, pls dont If you absolutely must do it for the sake of "improving the quality of debate" you can maybe remove likes for replies *only* or, much better, make the likes on replies less visible If you totally remove it then people's notifications will be filled! with "I agree"
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I agree
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Makes no sense
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cant wait to have to physically type "like" as a reply for everything
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