EVE General Discussion

Oh all talkative today are we.

This is all your fault you know, several days and multiple threads of 'Destination Skillqeue this' and 'Destination Skillqeue that'.

Why oh Why? you really can't like us all THAT much

Why not?
Even the spammers and scammers have a place in EVE.
Without them it would be a much more boring place to be.

I love you all too.
Doesn't mean I have to like you. :)

Your 1st like of the day is instant.
You have to wait 1 Min. before you can like a 2nd time.
You have to wait 2 Min. before you can like a 3rd time.
You have to wait 3 Min. before you can like a 4th time.
And the time continues to increase.

Just limit the time interval between 'likes', duh?

Society produces mentally unstable people ... the internet is essentially anonymous ... total freedom to spread anonymous dislikes would result in EVERYBODY having the maximum possible dislikes ... duh? Can you imagine the number of people who would have characters that do not play and only log onto the forums to dislike every single post made?

I like you

I didn't post, because I was busy with the liking spree and every other spare moment I had I spent celebrating with people in RL. Not that I post that often normally anyway, but I do lurk here regularly. I also saw one small thread in GD and one in C&P, so I think you're exaggerating things a bit. I didn't read forums duringthat time though and only posted in the GD thread to explain why I did it, so maybe I missed something.

I actually do like the community as a whole and many as individuals. I'll admit that with others, at times, I wish I could reach out to them through my monitor and smack the stupid out of them, but I don't really dislike them either. I disagree with many on various issues and would never do the things they do, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate and respect them or even like them. A significant part of what makes EVE what it is is the community and the fact we have all kinds of people with us and they all have a place here. It creates a lot of tension, arguments and drama, but I view that as a good thing overall.

After saying that and considering the like spree was meant as my personal thank you aimed at the entire community, it would be disingenuous for me to start creating criteria who gets to receive the likes and who doesn't or how much each one deserves. For example I don't roleplay, but I noticed a lot of good posters and people in the roleplaying sections of the forums. Some of them put a lot of effort in the things they do, produce interesting content and their effort is important to that section of the EVE community. They deserved every like they got and in general the more active members of the community propably got more likes then the ones who aren't so active. I don't see any problem with that other than, that I can't spread the love to people who haven't posted anything.

I really don't see any problem with what I did. I avoided blanket posting in areas where the like system is actully often used to express support for a particular idea. So I didn't do it in the CSM sections or the F&I section. I also ignored the test server section and techical forum sections just to be sure I wouldn't cause even any potential problems with what I did. The only possible harm done is the random lengthening of some e-peens and the resulting e-peen envy, but that doesn't bother me and I don't think CCP could care less about that either.

Not to mention that EVE is a sandbox and CCP sets the limits, so in that spirit I'll do what I want within those limits and the rest of you will just have to deal with it.

I understand what your saying DS but I think there was a slight oversight in your plan to spread love and good vibes.

And that is, what it means to receive a like.

As in usually seeing that liitle orange text box is a good thing while your trolling about the forums, it means someone understood what you said, agreed with your point, got the joke or just generally 'liked the cut of your jib'.

An enmasse like fest just lacks that, most likely you didn't read every post, and it quickly failed to have any meaning (except getting right up the noses of the more intolerant around here). Wake up with half a dozen notifications, Oh yes it's just DS on that mad little mission of hers/his.

I appreciatte the sentiment don't get me wrong I just think the application left something to be desired. There's probably easier and more effective ways of spreding a little of the milk of human kindness...

Anyhow all the best

I'm having fun, you too?

It's done en masse with no consideration for content precisely for the reason of ridiculing the 'likes' system and what it represents and also just to wind up aspies.

You obviously read something entirely diffrent into DS's explanation than I did