Comments on: Social Media Top 5: Embargo Nonsense, Disliking Dislikes, & TwinkedIn (No Creamy Middle)

By: they call me igebadia

they call me igebadia — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:50:47 +0000

It isn’t that TC has the power… it is the people who view TC are the types to know how to use twitter, FB, digg and stumble upon that make it one of the most powerful promotional blogs on the net. Their are 100′s of guys trying to get Mikes attention so they kiss his behind a little or a lot..

By: Rachel Kay

Rachel Kay — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:15:57 +0000

Doug,

I understand your thinking about the dislike button, but I’ll agree with the others. I think social networking opens itself up to a little snarkiness, so imagine all the fun our friends could have disliking our blog posts, our weather updates, our restaurant plans etc… I think it’ll propel a wealth of activity, engagement and social behavior. :)

Rachel Kay

By: Vicequeenmaria

Vicequeenmaria — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:09:19 +0000

Hey Doug! Quite the serendipity indeed! Talk about the power of twitter. We would’ve otherwise never met.

By: Doug Haslam

Doug Haslam — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:05:09 +0000

If disliking “dislike” is wrong, I don’t wanna be right…

Again, I would argue that ignoring what we don’t like is quietly effective. And we can also say in response to the Red Sox haters that they are “Wrong, Wrong, WRONG” without need for the button :)

The more I think of it, the more I think of the “Like” button not as an “I like this” but as a “this is worth my attention and perhaps yours”

By: Karen Russell

Karen Russell — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:56:31 +0000

Sorry, but you are wrong, Wrong, WRONG about the dislike button. It’s not the same as not “liking” — for example, “I have the flu.” This *needs* a dislike. Or, what if I posted, “I hate the Red Sox.” Would not liking give YOU the same satisfaction as actively disliking? I think not.

Disclosure: I don’t really like Facebook that much anyway. Another reason for a dislike button.