The epitome of stupidity is the 'Like' feature on Facebook: 713 people like this! Who gives a rat's ass? The number of Likers might be of interest if we knew how many people didn't Like it. Do all of the 7 billion people who didn't say 'Like', dis-Like? I am the self-appointed spokesman for those 7 billion people, and I say "We're sick and tired of being discriminated against! We demand equal rights! We demand a 'Don't Like' option."
No, no, no. Cancel that. We don't like 'Like', and by extension, we don't like 'Dislike' either. The word 'like' has become one of the most hated words in the English language, thanks to its misuse, overuse and just plain abuse in Valleygirl-speak. Talk about stupid!
Let's deep-six 'Like' altogether and go with something different: yea/nay, hurrah/boo, cool/yuck, love/hate, yes/no, for/against, +/-, smiley face/frown face.
It'll never happen, though. You've heard the phrase 'follow the money' yes? With popular websites, the money comes from advertising and there's tons of it. Build yourself a website that gets a million hits a day and the ad people will flock to you like locusts, clutching bags of $ in both hands. But - those ad people won't pay you a single penny if your website allows people to express dissatisfaction for their product or service.
So, we have to live with it. But that doesn't mean we to have to Like it.
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