Minor things that bother you

[hotdogPi]

I don't get alerted when someone likes my post.

[kphoger]

When someone goes through a thread and mass-likes the posts, filling up your alerts.

I was recently informed that I could change my settings so that 'likes' don't notify me.  So I did that, and now I'm free of that minor annoyance.

[1995hoo]

When someone goes through a thread and mass-likes the posts, filling up your alerts.

I wondered if he was doing that more widely or if I were being stalked, so thanks for that comment. I see I have 35 notifications right now, this on top of a large number in the past few days, all from one particular thread.

[Max Rockatansky]

When someone goes through a thread and mass-likes the posts, filling up your alerts.

I wondered if he was doing that more widely or if I were being stalked, so thanks for that comment. I see I have 35 notifications right now, this on top of a large number in the past few days, all from one particular thread.

This is KirbyKart right?  I think he's on a binge of liking every last post in the Daily Worst Answer thread. 

[vdeane]

When someone goes through a thread and mass-likes the posts, filling up your alerts.

I was recently informed that I could change my settings so that 'likes' don't notify me.  So I did that, and now I'm free of that minor annoyance.

Of course, then you don't find out if a post got liked.  I tend to encounter quotes when I browse the forum normally, so likes are the more critical one for alerts for me.  Of course, when you click the thread, the alert goes away; cue the scroll up to try to find the liked post(s).

I wondered if he was doing that more widely or if I were being stalked, so thanks for that comment.

I assumed he had a crush on me or something.

When someone goes through a thread and mass-likes the posts, filling up your alerts.

I wondered if he was doing that more widely or if I were being stalked, so thanks for that comment. I see I have 35 notifications right now, this on top of a large number in the past few days, all from one particular thread.

This is KirbyKart right?  I think he's on a binge of liking every last post in the Daily Worst Answer thread. 

Yep.

[kkt]

The real point of a lock is not to prevent your stuff from getting stolen. It's to make stealing your stuff annoying enough that they steal the stuff out of the locker next to yours instead.

A retelling of the old joke, "I don't have to outrun the bear.  I just have to outrun you."

[TheCatalyst31]

When someone goes through a thread and mass-likes the posts, filling up your alerts.

I wondered if he was doing that more widely or if I were being stalked, so thanks for that comment. I see I have 35 notifications right now, this on top of a large number in the past few days, all from one particular thread.

This is KirbyKart right?  I think he's on a binge of liking every last post in the Daily Worst Answer thread. 

I turned off like notifications specifically because of their like spam.

[Max Rockatansky]

When someone goes through a thread and mass-likes the posts, filling up your alerts.

I wondered if he was doing that more widely or if I were being stalked, so thanks for that comment. I see I have 35 notifications right now, this on top of a large number in the past few days, all from one particular thread.

This is KirbyKart right?  I think he's on a binge of liking every last post in the Daily Worst Answer thread. 

I turned off like notifications specifically because of their like spam.

Yeah I get that.  The question that comes to my mind is why is person evening doing this?  Trying to like every last post in a super long thread is pretty weird. 

[Scott5114]

When likes first became a thing I was a little worried that a few people were liking all of my posts to try and curry favor with the admin. But then I realized later on that they just like everyone's posts.

[hotdogPi]

I assumed he had a crush on me or something.

kirbykart has to resort to liking posts rather than profiles since he's under 18.

[kphoger]

This is KirbyKart right?

Yep.

For me, it isn't.  It's one or two others.  Interestingly, when one user stopped liking 95% of my posts, a different one started.

I don't really mind.  If they like my posts, then cool!  I'm just glad I don't get notifications on them all.

I was recently informed that I could change my settings so that 'likes' don't notify me.  So I did that, and now I'm free of that minor annoyance.

Of course, then you don't find out if a post got liked.

And that's perfectly fine with me.  It's only a rare thing for me to actually care if people liked my post.  And, in a case like that, I'll just go back a few days later and look.

[formulanone]

About twenty years ago, I belonged to a site which allowed giving only five Reps per 24 hours, to prevent abuse of that system, which gave value to that appreciation. So for those that "used it up", they'd sometimes post an appreciation post in return, which ultimately was more meaningful.

Back then, I never took into account that social media would want people to hang out all day on their sites, which now seems naive for me admit.

[kphoger]

About twenty years ago ... I never took into account that social media would want people to hang out all day on their sites, which now seems naive for me admit.

Almost thirty years ago, I predicted the internet wouldn't catch on.  I figured nobody would rather go to a website than just go to the business in person.

[1995hoo]

I was recently informed that I could change my settings so that 'likes' don't notify me.  So I did that, and now I'm free of that minor annoyance.

Of course, then you don't find out if a post got liked.

And that's perfectly fine with me.  It's only a rare thing for me to actually care if people liked my post.  And, in a case like that, I'll just go back a few days later and look.

Post "likes" are one of those things that are of limited utility in many instances because you usually don't know why a given person might like a post. kirbykart's recent avalanche of "likes" on the "worst answer" thread are probably an exception for two reasons—(1) I tend to assume that if someone likes a post there, it's because the person found the answer funny; and (2) from others' comments here, it sounds like he's liking every single post in the thread. But as I once said in a discussion of the idea of a "like" button, in some ways that button is similar to Amazon's feature allowing people to vote on whether a review is "helpful." People finding a review "helpful" may not be of any use to me if the reason why someone else is interested in the product is different from my own. And in theory, whether a review is "helpful" should be of more interest than whether someone simply "liked" a forum post. Put differently, what difference does it make, other than maybe telling you that you might have something in common with someone who routinely "likes" your posts? But even then, I tend to think substantive responses tell you more about whether you have something in common with the other person.

[kphoger]

Wichita is moving its transit center about a mile west from downtown to the Delano neighborhood.  Because our eldest son usually takes the bus to work, I've been keeping my eyes open for the new schedules to drop.  I see they finally did, and I noticed that apparently the city of Wichita doesn't know how to spell the well-known (rough) neighborhood of Planeview—which was quickly built during WW2 for defense factory workers making airplanes.  Airplanes, Planeview, get it?  Seems obvious, right?

[Scott5114]

Post "likes" are one of those things that are of limited utility in many instances because you usually don't know why a given person might like a post. kirbykart's recent avalanche of "likes" on the "worst answer" thread are probably an exception for two reasons—(1) I tend to assume that if someone likes a post there, it's because the person found the answer funny; and (2) from others' comments here, it sounds like he's liking every single post in the thread. But as I once said in a discussion of the idea of a "like" button, in some ways that button is similar to Amazon's feature allowing people to vote on whether a review is "helpful." People finding a review "helpful" may not be of any use to me if the reason why someone else is interested in the product is different from my own. And in theory, whether a review is "helpful" should be of more interest than whether someone simply "liked" a forum post. Put differently, what difference does it make, other than maybe telling you that you might have something in common with someone who routinely "likes" your posts? But even then, I tend to think substantive responses tell you more about whether you have something in common with the other person.

One thing I've found the like button useful for is situations where someone replies to one of my posts with something helpful but I don't really have anything to say back. So it's like a quick "Hey, I saw your post, thanks" that doesn't actually take up room on the page that other people have to scroll past it.

[Scott5114]

There are two people using a 1971-spec US 72 shield as their avatar right now.

Here are a couple of options if either of them wants to take the initiative to change.

[kphoger]

Carrie just texted a little while ago.  We have a dead opossum in the back yard.  But animal control won't come get it.  So we have to bag the thing up ourselves, carry it to the front yard, and call them back.

[Max Rockatansky]

Carrie just texted a little while ago.  We have a dead opossum in the back yard.  But animal control won't come get it.  So we have to bag the thing up ourselves, carry it to the front yard, and call them back.

Are you sure?  I once had a nasty surprise when I thought one was dead and tried to lift it with a shovel.  You might want to give it a poke or two with a stick first.

[kphoger]

Are you sure?  I once had a nasty surprise when I thought one was dead and tried to lift it with a shovel.  You might want to give it a poke or two with a stick first.

Good call.  I assumed they'd only play dead for a half-hour or so, but I see now they can do so for much longer.  I'm still at work for a few more hours.  I've read that I should check the color of its nose, because it would turn white shortly after death.

[kphoger]

Well, I didn't have to check and see if the opossum was dead or alive, because there were flies buzzing all around it.  Bagged it up, took it to the curb, and animal control will come pick it up in the morning.

Now, I hate opossums.  I know some people like them, some even think they're cute, and I know one person who had one as a pet.  I think those people are nuts.  Opossums are nasty, evil creatures.  But.  If there's anything that would make me sad about a dead opossum, it was this.  When I picked it up, Carrie and I determined that it had probably died during childbirth.  Of course, neither of us is an expert in opossum anatomy, but we're both pretty sure they don't typically have a claw dangling out from their underbelly.  It almost makes me sad.  Almost.  But, then again, it's an opossum.

[Rothman]

I was capturing chipmunks in a trap -- the chipmunks were damaging my house -- and one morning, I found an opossum in there.  I let it go and discovered that the opossum was quite happy to let itself get trapped as a cost for a free meal (I was taking the chipmunks much further away so they wouldn't return).  Happened a couple of times before I took it out far enough to where it couldn't find its way back.

[J N Winkler]

The one animal I have ever watched die as a result of a gunshot wound to the head was an opossum.  That was probably 15 years ago.

It is not legal to discharge a firearm in the open in the Wichita city limits, so the last time an opossum ended up in a trap, I drove out to near Bentley (about 15 miles away) to release it.  It never returned.

I think I have seen an opossum just once or twice since the foxes moved in.  Last year the vixen had 10 kits, and for a while they were using the decomposing body of a squirrel or chipmunk as a toy, so mowing the back yard was not fun until it mummified enough to stop smelling and attracting flies.

[The_Ginger]

There are two people using a 1971-spec US 72 shield as their avatar right now.

Here are a couple of options if either of them wants to take the initiative to change.

These above work as well. 

[Scott5114]

Opossums are nasty, evil creatures.

Why?