Sunday, 30 March 2014

The like button

Social media has a lot to answer for. It has permeated so much of so many peoples lives, and I am not immune to its effects.  I am not even talking about mere using using media, and the frequency it is used, but the way it has shaped our language  and relate to others.

Enter the like button. It crept upon me slowly, but it has left its mark. I only noticed how dependant I am on liking by noticing its absence. I find my self reading forums and blogs and wanting to 'like', and finding instead that I need to use words, where I have been using the like.

What does a like say? It says more than I like your picture or I like what you say. It also says I hear you, I support you, or I have sympathy I feel your pain.  It can say you are funny, or I like you.  How did this like button come to say so much?

I am not really sure how or when, but I like it.








2 comments:

  1. I'm not really sure when to use it either. I posted that I had dropped my mobile in the bath. A semi-tragedy for me. It got 6 likes. I was a bit offended.

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  2. I really wanted to comment with a "thumbs up" icon, but I cant figure out how to do that on the computer I'm using. But I will say I did go out of my way to figure out how to post a comment on this blog. But still yearning for the thumb icon. Or a kiss face.

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