What are the diifferent likes on doomworld for?

[Monocled]

There are 4 different ways to like? i don't understand. whats the difference between them?

[z34chris]

good question.  i guess however you feel about each of the powerups would be a way to like? maybe blue is thumbs up, the red blue is the heart react, green and brown--angry and surprise ??

[DankMetal]

9 minutes ago, z34chris said:

good question.  i guess however you feel about each of the powerups would be a way to like? maybe blue is thumbs up, the red blue is the heart react, green and brown--angry and surprise ??

I'm feeling like a MegaSphere today

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

The blue gives you 100 health.

The brown gives you 200 health and armor.

The green makes you invincible.

The red makes you disappear.

 

Why are you guys here if you haven't played the f***ing game before?!?!

[LoatharMDPhD]

it goes ... blue for like. red for i read it even more and also like, invuln is a like, and megaspheres for stuff that i also like...

[Bauul]

There was a very long and intense debate about this a few years ago:

 

 

 

Long and short of it, they mean whatever you want them to mean.

 

 

[Ash4ash]

soulsphere is a main happy face

mancubus ball is a meh face

invisiblitly is that it looks really cool (like the 👀 emoji)

God mode is a funny grin, like the trollface

[Lucius Wooding]

Protip: you can add /reputation to the url for a user's profile, and it will break down their count and type of reactions given and received. Mostly I just stick with blue balls. Some maniacs will actually give nothing but blur spheres. Using the reputation feature will help you spot them coming.

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

13 minutes ago, Lucius Wooding said:

Some maniacs will actually give nothing but blur spheres.

Biodegradable is a good guy, don't talk about him like that!!!

[taufan99]

I've typed this before, but here's how I use them.

• Soulspheres, for something I like and/or agree with to an extent.
• Blur spheres, for something I'm not exactly fond of (to put it lightly).
• Invulnerability spheres, for something that gives me a chuckle or two.
• Megaspheres, for something very noteworthy.

[natashanightmare]

I use the partial invisibilty for something i want to become invisible XD

[Astar]

The answer is "yes"

[Jakub Majewski]

Around the time when Lilith got a cacoward, this forum had a more typical like and dislike system for posts. I suppose it got replaced with what we have now so people's feelings would be hurt less?

[gibfrag]

They tell you what they mean when you hover over them…

Edited September 9, 2023 by gibfrag

[JustAthel]

I use the soulsphere for liking posts, megasphere for posts that I find funny / amusing, invulnerability as a sort of high praise thing, and invisibility to signify I wish I didn't see a particular post-

[ducon]

7 minutes ago, Astar said:

The answer is "yes"

Nope.

It’s 42.

[Mr. Hypnos]

I just assumed that the soulsphere was a "like" and the megasphere was a "really like."

As for the other two, I have no idea. 

[Dark Pulse]

Sometimes you feel like a , sometimes you .

Edited September 8, 2023 by Dark Pulse

[Wo0p]

I like, I click.

[Jakub Majewski]

You could also interpret these reactions by the expressions on the powerups themsevles...

 

soulsphere is like a slight woah

 

blurpshere is a big eye, so it's like an eye opening post

 

megasphere looks kinda exasperated

 

invulnerability kinda looks like a devious laugh

[treulosetomate]

They're all the same to me.

I wish this forum didn't have a like system. It's always a detriment to the quality of discussions.

[Lucius Wooding]

There was an awkward time on the internet before likes got added to everything. You'd get this delightful exchange instead:

 

Spoiler

7 minutes ago, treulosetomate said:

They're all the same to me.

I wish this forum didn't have a like system. It's always a detriment to the quality of discussions.

 

like

 

Tell me that's a better quality discussion than just giving someone a nod when you have nothing else to say. Not to mention making a whole post will bump the thread and send a bunch of notifications for nothing. I get your point and I somewhat agree with how it kind of incentivizes people to fish for likes, but IMO it's harmless and prevents other annoying things.

[baja blast rd.]

1 hour ago, Jakub Majewski said:

Around the time when Lilith got a cacoward, this forum had a more typical like and dislike system for posts. I suppose it got replaced with what we have now so people's feelings would be hurt less?

 

It did not.

 

In 2017 the forum software was upgraded and Linguica added the likes system for posts that functions pretty much what we have now. There were some minor display differences, but there were no dislikes. 

 

What it also initially had was a "helpful and unhelpful" system specifically for reviews, but he removed that because people upset at lilith.pk3 were brigading it.  

[Zulk RS]

Megasphere = I like this post
Invul = I like this post

Blur Sphere = I like this post

Soulsphere = I like this post but this is the easiest to click so I'm going to click this all the time.

[Biodegradable]

2 hours ago, treulosetomate said:

I wish this forum didn't have a like system. It's always a detriment to the quality of discussions.

 

I've heard other people make similar arguments, but I've yet to see someone actually provide some kind of example to suggest that. The forum software DW uses can utilise the accumulation of reputation points for further interactive elements, but evidently Ling chose to not do so and kept things simplistic, leaving the accumulation of said points to mean absolutely nothing. As far as DW is concerned, the like button is simply short-hand for agreement and people who insist that it means anything more or has any bearing on any discussion are being silly. They're just nebulous numbers, kids.

 

5 hours ago, Lucius Wooding said:

Some maniacs will actually give nothing but blur spheres.

 

Guilty as charged! ;^P

Edited September 8, 2023 by Biodegradable

[Dark Pulse]

53 minutes ago, Biodegradable said:

Guilty as charged! ;^P

Those lucky 51 bastards (or less) who got the soulsphere must be awfully significant then.

[OniriA]

I'm still waiting for these ones.

 

  I don't believe what I'm reading / seeing here! 

 

 This post is so tasty, I'd eat it if I could. *GrrNoomm*

 

  This post makes me sad. 

 

 Nein! I do not agree with this post.

 

 I'm being sucked into a vortex/alernate reality because of this post. Help me!

[DSC]

https://www.doomworld.com/forum/post/2446337

[Monocled]

10 hours ago, DSC said:

https://www.doomworld.com/forum/post/2446337

Thank you!
 

 

18 hours ago, gibfrag said:

They tell you want the mean when you hover over them…

No they don't

[gibfrag]

26 minutes ago, Monocled said:

No they don't

Really?

Spoiler

 

Edited September 9, 2023 by gibfrag