Hi everyone, Just posting to let you know that I’ve switched on a couple of new features developed by Vanilla: Badges and Reactions. As the Vanilla folks describe them, “the Reactions can be used to highlight interesting discussions, suppress abusive comments, flag abusive members, and create more…

I was actually thinking the same thing. I almost typed it up when I first saw it all. Then I thought let me see if I get used to it. I actually think it might mostly be the “blinking” part - as in where the emphasis/shading follow you around the page. If the blinking/highlighting part was turned…

It could be an improvement but I would hate to see it used in an inappropriate manner if a poster had a long standing disagreement with someone. It would be easy to track however so let’s see how it works out.

Is there a difference between “agree” and “like”?

I used to like the ability to post a direct comment to someone’s post which was directly linked to theirs. These days that doesn’t happen. Every comment gets pasted in a time line and you can’t tag yours directly to theirs. Granted, we if we make a reference to theirs, we all know to what we’re ref…

I suppose if you get deep into the semantics of “agreeing” and “liking,” there could be made an argument for a distinction between the two. In my own head, I’ve been thinking that “agree” would be more suited for seconding someone’s advice or assessment, and “liking” was less about agreement and mor…

Perhaps agreeing is done more with the head and liking more with the heart :wink: I won’t lose any sleep over the question. They’ll just get used as they get used.

For the record, cigroller, I liked your comment because you said it better than I did, in fewer words.

Any way to turn off the ‘blinking’? I don’t understand what it’s for…

I’m not speaking for the developers, but I am interpreting it to be a design choice to ensure that when you are clicking a button you are certain you are clicking the button for the intended comment. The buttons are dimmed so as not to be as visually loud, I think. Yes, you could argue that pale blu…

I like. This allows me to post an agreement without having to post. You know how much trouble I have posting here with the 502 timeout codes I keep getting. This is a big help.

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cigroller March 7, 2012, 1:47am 8

Perhaps agreeing is done more with the head and liking more with the heart I won’t lose any sleep over the question. They’ll just get used as they get used.

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