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Didn't Friendfeed invent the Like button? The article goes too far but there is something to be said about its core argument. I don't think the Like button or
by sbardle 9y ago
Didn't Friendfeed invent the Like button?
The article goes too far but there is something to be said about its core argument.
I don't think the Like button or emojis are good at recognising Value. A popular extrovert with 1000 fb friends uploads a selfie and gets 100 Likes.
Meanwhile a quiet but conscientious person uploads a before and after picture of a litter-pick they have undertaken and they get 2 Likes from their 50 friends.
There has to be a better way of recognising and incentivising the latter activity across social networks.
- et-al 9y agoThis was an issue when Twitter/Facebook/Instagram switched from chronological feeds to "curated" feeds. i.e. Let's increase the echo chamber.
- sbardle 9y agoGreat point. Also, I think a problem is one person can only send one like. Returning to my example, I'd like to be able to give the litter picker 20 likes, and maybe the Selfie uploader 1 like. I think there has to the option of another accreditation technology which runs across social networks. It's an area I'm interested in and looking to do my next project on...