Ah, the "love button"

[fufaraw]

Sounds kinda kinky, huh? My first thought was, "Great, now LJ has joined the pan-internet movement to squash discourse with a like button/kudos button." I'm still on LJ because we *talk* here, sometimes at length. We share thoughts and have conversations, and of course kudos are faster to leave, or the like button is a way to say, "Don't have time to talk, but I was here and (probably) read this." No conversation. I *liked* that LJ didn't provide a fast hi/bye option. Sometimes I wish like buttons/kudos buttons didn't exist.

But hey, time marches on and I'm a famous luddite and late adapter. I'm expected to grumble, it's kinda my job.

Also? the circling blue, eh, circle beside the comment button last night gave me the wig--it looked like the "page loading" indicator and I thought either my laptop or my browser was about to explode. I don't wanna explode. LJ, you're scarin' the women.*

ETA: Oh, and the "add to memories" button is now a banner kind of symbol, rather than a heart. As I'm using the old friends page (until they wrest it from my gnarled, cramping fingers) I'm not seeing the love button, and won't get notifications that anybody clicked it, apparently. Life goes on, as usual, in fu-land.



*bonus points for recognizing the Jayne and Zoe lines.

Comments

[dancing-adrift.livejournal.com]

*likes ironically*

Yep, I'm that kinda gal. I am a loving/liking/faving/hearting slut. I love/like/fave/heart pretty much with abandon.

Maybe it's just 'cause I'm newer to LJ and being so involved in fandom, but I don't mind the development. Of course, there are some changes to usability that I might have liked to see changed first... *still refuses to do anything more than scroll through her LJ TL from her phone* Anyhoo, I'm still going to make a concentrated effort to keep commenting, keep conversing, because I know how good it feels, and how it keeps building this sweet and supportive community. Every now and then though, when I'm too busy or otherwise overwhelmed, you bet your ass [Captain] I'll be doing drive-by love buttoning ;)

*I definitely caught the Firefly ref, though I wouldn't have, I think, without now knowing the story behind your username. I returned with a Star Trek reference of my own ;)

[fufaraw]

Well, see, as I said, Luddite. I'm always on the laptop. I have a phone, which I use for calls and texts, and occasionally photos. It's very obvious technology has blown by me like I'm standing still, because every site is designed and configured to use the cloud, on the user's phone. And I do neither. Nothing of mine is in the cloud that *I* put there, and until I'm painted into a corner and unable to communicate otherwise, there won't be. And I fail to see the attraction of "watching" tv and movies on a 3"x4" screen, when the 52" HD is handy. Frankly, my eyesight and the diminishing dexterity in my hands makes even attempting to do more than talk and text on my phone difficult and approaching futile. So why would I attempt to accomplish anything that's supposed to be fun in that format?

But I'm in the diminishing minority, I'm well aware. I'm just attempting to remain aware and conversant with technology, and to adapt it to my best use.

Practically, I can't find the wee heart button in my tags or on my account settings, so using it myself is a wee bit moot, anyway.

I love your Trek ref!

[dancing-adrift.livejournal.com]

Lol. I tend to use my phone for twitter and reading fic. And playing mahjong. And checking my email when I'm bored (but very rarely do I *respond* to emails from my phone - I still definitely prefer a keyboard for most typed communication). In a lot of ways, I feel like I hear ya, lol. It's all about comfort, or it should be, and in most cases, imo, using your phone is more convenient than it necessarily is comfortable.

♥

[tabaqui]

Um. When i hover my mouse on the heart, it says 'memories' still, and I see no 'like' button. I have *no idea* what's going on. Maybe it's my theme?

Freakin' LJ, man - they make it so damn hard.

[fufaraw]

I think it's only visible if you're using the "new" theme--which they'll have to pry my present one from my gnarled, cramped hands. As long as it doesn't affect present functionality, I'm not worrying about it.

[tabaqui]

Ha, I figured. I have to use a special url to see my friendslist (not the fucking feed, omfg), so - yeah. I get that.

[epiphyta]

*hits it with a rock*

People, if I wanted to be on Facebook, I would be on Facebook.

[fufaraw]

::fistbump of solidarity:: Ah, hell, ***Hug*** of solidarity.

There. I feel better. You?

[epiphyta]

Much! Also tired, because I barely slept and got up at 5.30 with P., but naps are a thing.

[fufaraw]

Naps are a *good* thing.

Also, icon love! We just watched that last night. I couldn't coax OH into Hocus Pocus, yet again. And Chocolat is somewhat spoiled for me now. I caught The Craft on late night cable a week or so ago, so that's most of my usual Halloween movie rewatch roster. I did Youtube the best parts of Hocus Pocus, though. Can't spend a Halloween without the Sanderson sisters.

[epiphyta]

I watched The Craft and Practical Magic on my own, boo! When DS was here Sunday, as per family tradition we did Nightmare Before Christmas. (I birthed a baritenor, what even is this? It will never not be funny to hear such low notes coming out of such a skinny boy.)

[fufaraw]

Sadly, I never caught the Nightmare love. I do have the wonderful The Witches, though, with Anjelica Huston and Mai Zetterling. I also have The Worst Witch, with baby Fairuza Balk, probably one of the *worst* movies Tim Curry ever did, bless him. It's so much fun to watch that (or, you know, Valmont, with bonus Colin Firth) and then The Craft, and Rocky Horror, and Legend. Acting range, we haz it!

I didn't think of it till earlier today, but I have several of the Hallmark movies of The Good Witch. Cute, in that Hallmark way. And very very Canadian. I'll have to have them handy next Halloween.

[deanshot1]

Boo LJ with changing things around. Thank god I still use the old friends page, I will never change to the new one because it sucks big time. I didn't even notice the change of the memories icon.

Once it doesn't effect how I use my journal then I'm okay.

I noticed your Firefly refs, I love Firefly and its cast.

*hugs*

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

I don't think in all honesty the heart will kill the conversation, as this reply proves ;) I think it will be a nice way to be able to, for instance for me, when I'm working and I can't quite get my act together for long replies. My usual short replies and a lovin' on you :)