Froggie Thoughts: “Likes”
On tumblr there is a system in which you can “like” other peoples’ posts by clicking a heart at the top of them. Now at first this may seem like a pretty basic concept. You see something neato…you click the little heart. But there is one aspect of the liking process that I am still quite confused about. Sometimes people will post bad news, or something unpleasant that happened in the news, or a sad picture of something tragic…and I want to acknowledge that somehow. But this isn’t something I like. I certainly don’t <3 it. So what is the protocol? If I see a post that says, “A zombie Nazi ate my rabbit!” and I “like” it, are people going to think that I am pro-the consumption of bunnies by undead Nazis? I am totally against that! Tumblr really needs to add a button that means, “I feel for you, dawg.”
So if you post something similar to what I have discussed, just know that I didn’t “like” it because I was confused. You can freely assume that I feel for you, dawg.
