I get it. I'm not a huge fan of it, but I get it. I used to go through WBAYDN? and NBS/NBW religiously, partly to see what everyone else had going on and what they were drinking, but also to dish out likes for my virtual friends or for beers/pics/music I enjoyed. I just don't have the time nor energy to go through these entire threads any longer, so my likes are more sporadic. When scrolling past, if I see something I really like or a virtual friend I'll still toss a like, but I don't go page by page, post by post ... and I post a lot on WBAYDN? (and get a lot of likes). Do I "like" that I'm getting more likes than I'm dishing out? No, but at the same time, I'm not trolling for likes, either. I'm sharing my beer with the group, and it only takes a minute to post, but it takes much longer to go through 10-20 pages, reading every post, etc. This person may have a similar mentality: they post, maybe they even read, but they don't dish out likes. It doesn't mean they're asking for likes, though, so they're not really doing anything wrong. It would be totally different if they were trolling for likes but never dishing out their own.
I try to train either weightlifting or Thai Boxing 3-4x a week and who would have thought i would see results after 8 years My wife said if my gut ever sticks out more than my chest she'll leave me and i said, " That goes both ways, woman!"
I really don’t care about likes, When I log onto BA each day, I’m more interested to see if someone quoted any of my posts to keep interesting conversation going. Forums are for discussion and debate, but maybe I’m too old-school with that mindset.
I'm definitely not a common "Like" giver, and it's directly related to my autism. I don’t find excitement or enjoyment in many things, and when I do it's incredibly difficult for me to outwardly "show" it. Like if I laughed at your post I'm probably not going to let you know even though it was funny as shit. It's not that I don't actually like or appreciate things people say, it's just that showing that appreciation (even in such a small way like "Liking" their post on a message board) comes difficult for me for some weird reason. My brain is dumb.
I brought up something like this in another thread, suggesting that a system could be set up such that users would maintain a “balance” of likes—you would receive likes for your posts and could then also give away those same likes to other posters. In other words, likes would not be “free” and thus would actually have value. A balance at or close to zero likes would indicate that you gave as many likes as you had received. I never worked out if you could have a negative balance and thus go into “like debt.” My suggestion was roundly rejected by the BA intelligentsia. I believe @Todd also chimed in to say that such a structure would never happen. Zero fucks given, it was just an idea. Speaking for myself, I admit that I receive far more likes than I give. I pop in, post something, and pop out. It’s a time issue. I’d love to have the luxury of free time to spend hours scrolling through BA, liking post after post, wearing down my phone battery and eroding my personal relationships. I barely have time to even post anything on here anymore. So if you believe that BAs should receive likes only if they regularly give them, then put me on your blacklist. I don’t care. Likes have no material value and I have yet to find a way to trade them in for cash or beer. Cheers!
I’m indifferent to the Like thing. Only time it galls me is when I see a thread and Someone will Like an entire page, but skip a Like to a particular contributor. It’s an obvious statement that Someone has a personal grind against a fellow member. To me, that’s not cool.,. it’s supposed to be about Beer and camaraderie, not who disagreed with your point of view a year ago and Someone can’t get over it.,. Which, of course, drives Karma.,.
With these things in mind, can we take a step back, give the benefit of the doubt and consider this person doesn't even know the "Like" button exists? I know it's a stretch and almost impossible to figure out since you can only see likes received on someone's profile. @brewme claims this person "never" likes posts. How can we be so sure? We also need to consider the possibility this person could be on the spectrum. A quick Google search brings up some evidence to suggest that some autistic folks actually "Like" their own posts. Does this mystery poster do that? That would be fascinating behavior, liking all of your own posts and never liking others. Not to go off on too much of a tangent, but I have a fb friend with the exact same name as me, so whenever I like his posts and vice versa, people must think we're narcissists at first glance lol
That's a good thought that you can't see whether a person uses the Like button, but never on your posts (not specifically you, Immortale). So maybe there's a false accusation here. But you (yes you this time, Immortale) need to try liking the post that you just created. You can't do it because there is no Like button on your own posts to turn you into a narcissist. That's a good thing for all of us.
Ah, good point. Just goes to show that those who aren't neurotic (not you, PapaGoose03) simply don't think of these things in the first place
I like all my own posts without the button and constantly crack myself up. Doesn't bother me that some of you Philistines can't appreciate my greatness.
Weeel, I tried to find a clip of that old, "Veggie-Boyd" Cheers episode where Woody gets paid to promote the health drink, 'Veggie-Boy' and gets Frasier to hypnotize him into liking it since he doesn't want to be dishonest and promote something he doesn't like. In the commercial, he takes a swig and says, "I like it!". Then when the hypnotism wears off he drinks it and spits it out & says, "You can really taste that kale!"........................but I couldn't find that clip to share with this thread. If anyone else can find the clip on the interwebs......"I'll like it!"
