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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9727
At first it seems like overkill, because it blocks sites from accessing data from other sites, but you can enable certain sites (either globally or on a per-site basis) and it remembers those, so after a little playing around, sites you visit frequently look quite normal.
It's also very interesting seeing how people assemble sites these days...
Can we re-phrase the question in less of a reddit-style way?What's the discussion we want to have behind this?
I can't agree more. Look at the first comment: 20 karma points, and no real substance, hackerish or otherwise. I'd like to see a discussion about (a) what it actually means to "like" something, (b) what demographics currently use the "like" buttons (c) are there any startup ideas to revolutionize the distribution of information etc.
But what good is a "like" button if there is no "dislike/hate" button?
Poor digg, that was supposed to be their trick
People may end up preferring liking to digging (though who knows at this point), but when it comes to actively looking for interesting content, digg's still got something to hang onto. It begs the question, however, whether facebook will ever make an attempt to organize all of the outside links users promote so that such content becomes discoverable by topic and not just incidental lines on the newsfeed?
I thought things were getting ridiculous with all the buzz, digg, sphere, reddit buttons already. From what I can see, those are being replaced with a single option (though I admit, I haven't seen many of the facebook implementations yet). It is nice to have a 'standard' rather than voting for multiple items. At the same time, how much is liking something really doing for ya? I don't think it has the benefit of a com…
Do you think reddit (or twitter or digg or stumbleupon) users will start liking the "like" and prefer it to replace other buttons? Completely agreeing about the ridiculous aspect of so many buttons though.
At the same time, I suspect people will still visit digg, reddit, etal to find new articles, and up vote them there.
However, I wouldn't be surprised to see sites like Digg get significantly less posts added.
I hope we don't see the same suspected decline here on HN, as my friends on FB aren't HN types.
Can't say I've noticed one yet. :(
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I can't agree more. Look at the first comment: 20 karma points, and no real substance, hackerish or otherwise. I'd like to see a discussion about (a) what it actually means to "like" something, (b) what demographics currently use the "like" buttons (c) are there any startup ideas to revolutionize the distribution of information etc.
Clicking "like" is like saying I have nothing to actually contribute but I want to feel like I'm participating. Also, I guess it stops the thousands of comments that would just say "I agree," "Yeah" or whatever? But what good is a "like" button if there is no "dislike/hate" button?
That's how HN is if you're under the karma threshold.