Facebook integration? Really?

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if you continue it will be on the basis of your negativity and bad attitude being completely not helpful and this community would be better for it if you stopped, whether that means you being present or not.

I am pretty sure saying negative things in a false light that harm the perceived character of another falls somewhere under conduct rule #2, especially when that sort of behavior seems to be persistently in excess with you. If you want a rule for that added, that can be accommodated im sure.

I dont find that an unreasonable condition. Its not your disagreement or crticism I take issue with. Its the way you negatively (and falsely) twisted my post.

Firstly, lau started this when he said I am responsible for 'toying with the entire membership'. I wouldn't be replying publicly if he weren't twisting my words and being counterproductive also publicly. Criticism doesn't mean portraying someone as malevolent because you dont like their decisions. even though I am not the one who added the like button and it wasnt even my idea, I find it disrespectful. If you are going to say things in public, particularly insulting things, prepare to get your responses in public when applicable.

Secondly, I've been here since before my professional hosting involvement of wrong planet, I am on the spectrum, I was diagnosed and suspected for a really long time drawing parallels between myself and my younger brother, who is also on the spectrum, and has been diagnosed since early childhood. I find your assumptions of me uncalled for, you don't know me.

Thirdly, your on a public forum, you have no privacy whether theres a like button or not, and you don't have any 'rights' to anything. This is not to say your opinion is not or will not be respected and considered, but it is the reality.

You can hate the like button. I couldn't possibly care any less if you or lau or anyone else likes it or not. And if being unfriendly means ridding the page of people who personally attack others, by assuming the nature of other people or portraying them poorly in a false light by saying they toy with people, then I must ask you what being friendly is.

I will say again, for the final time, I dont take any issue if lau or anyone else hates the facebook integration. Its what lau said about my post that I take issue with, I don't think I deserved that at all.

Friskeygirl and lau: your opinions are very very duly noted and I will keep them in consideration when talking with alex and the rest of the staff about the development of the site.

Not detecting a whole lot of positive feedback for the "like" function. How much negative input does it require before it officially becomes a "bad idea" and gets binned?

Bit of feedback to add to the pile then:

Flashing banners are a pain in the ass, and certainly not autistic-friendly. No vote.

Giant Toolbar is completely pointless. A couple of points larger would have been fine. They don't need to be that big, because I'm certain that anyone with sight problems will already be using a massive fomt.

Drop-down Autism Video banner things take up a lot of space needlessly, slow the loading speed down, and tbh i'm getting tired of seeing Alex and his mate and their toys pop up every ten seconds. They don't NEED to be on show for people to know there is a video. A link would have been perfectly acceptable.

Facebook: Yes its a privacy issue, no, it doesn't need to be there, Zuckerberg is the mother of all nosey-parkers and Autism is a wee bit of a sensitive subject to be thrown out over Facebook willy nilly.

Also some of the ads are a little bit oversized. Advertise Orange phones by all means, but why advertise ORANGE PHONES IN HUGE PAGE-BENDING TEXT? Caps is still shouting even in a net ad.

I tried imagining using the Like Button on threads, and immediately felt as if it would be like taking something that someone had said, ( in context, among spectrum "friends", etc ), and telling everybody I knew and encouraging them to tell everyone they know too.

Are the "Like" buttons usable by non-members eg. anyone just having a look, or only by members when they are logged in?

Votes so far suggest that not many members will be using the button anyway, but that is not a good argument for something.

I don't like it. As someone said, a Like Button on a suicide thread in the Haven is pretty seriously bad taste. I think that ironically it sounds like exactly the sort of thing that people on or near the autism spectrum are likely to come up with! :lol Difficulty imagining what something will feel like and look like to others, etc.

PS. The pop-up "Login" or "Register" banner, which get every time pass through the main Index page, is also very annoying. And I totally agree with people who find the new blue "headlines" distracting and a waste of precious "top of page" space.
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let me ask this, would facebook integration in the blog be bad as well?

I won't use it. I post a lot of things here that I don't want my family and friends seeing. Is it ironic that someone "liked" this thread? *sigh* I came here to vent about things that I couldn't say on Facebook or IRL. Anonymity means nothing nowadays does it? :/