57 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Attention all posters!!

 

This thread is an excellent demonstration as to why the forum Admin have decided that the laugh reaction is more trouble than it is worth.

 

Sorry and all that, but if you can't all behave then the toys will be taken away. 

I know, you wrote already: "I can EXPLAIN it to you, but I can't UNDERSTAND it for you."

 

But would you mind trying to explain it. Because personally I just can't see the problem.

Sometimes I laugh because it is a funny joke.

Sometimes I laugh like: Does he really believe that?

And sometimes I laugh because the alternative would be to cry.

 

Now I also feel like crying about this $#$@ but I still try to laugh about it. Because it is not important.

But I still wonder: What is the problem?

Are there really people out there who are offended if people click on a laugh-icon?

I mean it's not like they are in the middle of the bar and drop their pants and all girls start to laugh. I understand that would be a little embarrassing.

But sitting in front of a computer and getting triggered because others clicked on an icon? Really?

 

 

 

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I know, you wrote already: "I can EXPLAIN it to you, but I can't UNDERSTAND it for you."

 

But would you mind trying to explain it. Because personally I just can't see the problem.

Sometimes I laugh because it is a funny joke.

Sometimes I laugh like: Does he really believe that?

And sometimes I laugh because the alternative would be to cry.

 

Now I also feel like crying about this $#$@ but I still try to laugh about it. Because it is not important.

But I still wonder: What is the problem?

Are there really people out there who are offended if people click on a laugh-icon?

I mean it's not like they are in the middle of the bar and drop their pants and all girls start to laugh. I understand that would be a little embarrassing.

But sitting in front of a computer and getting triggered because others clicked on an icon? Really?

None of the above. The really egregious part is clicking on the notifications list and having to read through the reactions to get to the quotes. Constantly. 

I always used it when I found something funny. But never in a sense that I laugh about the comment. 

 

But anyway. I don't expect that everyone always agrees with what I write. This leads to discussions. But I guess this is the purpose of a forum. Perhaps we need an "a-ha" button. for some members...

10 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

I think it's been proven that moderation, rather than a free for all, improves member retention. 

You have a link for that? 555 Not sure about that, Facebook groups have very little. One group I'm on has zero and works just fine

3 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

I think it's been proven that moderation, rather than a free for all, improves member retention. 

Who said free for all. not me.

You just want to control things, have it your way and all that.

It's a forum.  it's not yours.

But you and a few others,  don't like the reality of that.

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I know, you wrote already: "I can EXPLAIN it to you, but I can't UNDERSTAND it for you."

 

But would you mind trying to explain it. Because personally I just can't see the problem.

Sometimes I laugh because it is a funny joke.

Sometimes I laugh like: Does he really believe that?

And sometimes I laugh because the alternative would be to cry.

 

Now I also feel like crying about this $#$@ but I still try to laugh about it. Because it is not important.

But I still wonder: What is the problem?

Are there really people out there who are offended if people click on a laugh-icon?

I mean it's not like they are in the middle of the bar and drop their pants and all girls start to laugh. I understand that would be a little embarrassing.

But sitting in front of a computer and getting triggered because others clicked on an icon? Really?

 

 

 

^Says you who is getting upset because a laugh emoji has been removed ????

   Its ONLY an emoji on a forum , 55555⛷️555555 , stop being such a thin skinned snowflake 

1 hour ago, ozimoron said:

Never. I have only called them trolls because they refuse to provide links to support factual claims, the very definition of trolling. 

So refusing to provide links to support factual claims is the very definition of trolling? I thought you said that people laughing at your comments was trolling. So it turns out that anything that offends YOU is trolling.

Just now, BangkokHank said:

So refusing to provide links to support factual claims is the very definition of trolling? I thought you said that people laughing at your comments was trolling. So it turns out that anything that offends YOU is trolling.

Sorry, I didn't understand that two different actions could not both be trolling. 

3 minutes ago, Orinoco said:

Who said free for all. not me.

You just want to control things, have it your way and all that.

It's a forum.  it's not yours.

But you and a few others,  don't like the reality of that.

It wasn't me who removed the emoticons. I'm not controlling anything. 

26 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

The occasional one is OK, but there are some posters who go on a mad rampage laughing at all your posts and it becomes annoying to keep receiving numerous  notifications that so and so had laughed at your serious  posts .

   

You can switch off notifications for reactions. It's universal, you don't have to switch it off for each user. 

9 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Are there really people out there who are offended if people click on a laugh-icon?

come on.

don't tell me you don't get that laughing emojis are ridiculing people's opinions.

 

 

i have never put any reaction to anyones posts. stop being babies my god. 

5 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

come on.

don't tell me you don't get that laughing emojis are ridiculing people's opinions.

And what's wrong with ridiculing a ridiculous opinion?

22 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

You need to grow up.

If you disagree with someone's post, then respond to the post and explain why you think your opinion is better.

And back it up with links, preferably. 

 

Today I "argued" with one guy in this forum about drag queen shows for children. He repeatedly asked me to send him a link. I told him: google it, it is easy to find.

It looks like he wasn't able to do that or not willing to do that.

And a little later he tried to explain to me that men in outrageous women's clothing has nothing at all to do with sex and it's just fun for the kids.

That is when I gave up and I just blocked him. Sometimes it doesn't make any sense to try to explain things to other people if they don't want to listen at all. And when I see outrageous comments then I laugh at them. I don't waste my time explaining to people that the earth is not flat. 

15 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

How can you stop people abusing the laugh emoji though ?

You can't, there are always going to be idiots, it's part of the system. Just ignore 'em or take it as a compliment that they even bothered to read your post..

 

17 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Assuming you wanted to do something about it, what is the solution? Warnings were insufficient. 

I kinda like the idea of posters who have been smilied asking what that poster thought was so funny, that only works though if the post was a serious one. If that second poster also gets a smiliey, that's a basis on which to act, pretty soon people will spot who the trolls are. I've been smilied up the kazoo and I confess to having taken similar retribution on occasion, not often mind you because I think it's a poor mans argument to argue via emoticons. 

7 minutes ago, stoner said:

i have never put any reaction to anyones posts. stop being babies my god. 

Oh, come on join the party. 

Or 

24 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Are you trying to be clever or annoying ?

Could you state your reasons for posting "555" ?

I could.

 

That's like if an ugly girl comes to me in the bar and I just ignore her.

And then she asks me: Why don't you want me?

I could tell her that she is ugly and that is why I am not interested. But I am a polite guy and just ignore her.

 

I leave it up to you to interpret this. Or you can just laugh and ignore it. 

23 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

None of the above. The really egregious part is clicking on the notifications list and having to read through the reactions to get to the quotes. Constantly. 

Switch the notifications for reactions off. It's easy. And that function exists since many years. I know that because I disabled those notifications years ago. 

4 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I could.

 

That's like if an ugly girl comes to me in the bar and I just ignore her.

And then she asks me: Why don't you want me?

I could tell her that she is ugly and that is why I am not interested. But I am a polite guy and just ignore her.

 

I leave it up to you to interpret this. Or you can just laugh and ignore it. 

You seem like would would just stand there laughing every time she said something , like fake laughing, which is annoying 

13 minutes ago, BangkokHank said:

And what's wrong with ridiculing a ridiculous opinion?

You could try explaining why you think its a ridiculous opinion, rather than just laughing ?

12 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I know, you wrote already: "I can EXPLAIN it to you, but I can't UNDERSTAND it for you."

 

But would you mind trying to explain it. Because personally I just can't see the problem.

Sometimes I laugh because it is a funny joke.

Sometimes I laugh like: Does he really believe that?

And sometimes I laugh because the alternative would be to cry.

 

Now I also feel like crying about this $#$@ but I still try to laugh about it. Because it is not important.

But I still wonder: What is the problem?

Are there really people out there who are offended if people click on a laugh-icon?

I mean it's not like they are in the middle of the bar and drop their pants and all girls start to laugh. I understand that would be a little embarrassing.

But sitting in front of a computer and getting triggered because others clicked on an icon? Really?

 

 

 

Yep.

 

My two satangs:

 

I'm sure most of us have been on the receiving end of the laughing emoticon at one time or another.

 

The normal adult reaction when this happens would look something like "I see he dislikes or disagrees with my comment. Oh well; that's fine. You can't please everybody."

 

As someone already mentioned, if you really believe another forum member is trolling you, then you have the option to put that person on ignore - as opposed to lobbying the admin or the mods for a global restriction (on a completely harmless form of expression) which makes you feel comfortable at the expense of the entire membership.

 

By disabling the emoticon, the forum is essentially pandering to the immature and the thin-skinned members among us.

 

Not a good look, IMO.

3 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

You seem like would would just stand there laughing every time she said something , like fake laughing, which is annoying 

Maybe I like it when some people get annoyed.

 

 

2 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Good, it was being abused to troll members. 99.99% of them weren't in response to a joke or sarcasm.

Agreed, it was horrible and left many users with permanent emotional scarring.

For reasons of safety, Asean Now will soon remove all the reaction emojis and replace them with a single check mark that allows users to acknowledge they have read the post in a non-threatening manner.

8 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

You could try explaining why you think its a ridiculous opinion, rather than just laughing ?

but then I would spend all day typing.

3 minutes ago, fusion58 said:

Yep.

 

My two satangs:

 

I'm sure most of us have been on the receiving end of the laughing emoticon at one time or another.

 

The normal adult reaction when this happens would look something like "I see he dislikes or disagrees with my comment. Oh well; that's fine. You can't please everybody."

 

As someone already mentioned, if you really believe another forum member is trolling you, then you have the option to put that person on ignore - as opposed to lobbying the admin or the mods for a global restriction (on a completely harmless form of expression) which makes you feel comfortable at the expense of the entire membership.

 

By disabling the emoticon, the forum is essentially pandering to the immature and the thin-skinned members among us.

 

Not a good look, IMO.

I agree completely. Just like others, I have seen posters who try to use Mods as weapons and are frequently successful in having posts removed, that's a sure fire way to make my ignore list and at least two posters are on it for that reason. But then of course, you'll be told that using the ignore list is childish and why should anyone care. Who cares what they say, if it means not having to read idiots posts again, it's worth it.

20 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I could.

 

That's like if an ugly girl comes to me in the bar and I just ignore her.

And then she asks me: Why don't you want me?

I could tell her that she is ugly and that is why I am not interested. But I am a polite guy and just ignore her.

 

I leave it up to you to interpret this. Or you can just laugh and ignore it. 

Because every situation, online or in real life, relates back to a girl in a bar.

1 hour ago, Elkski said:

Sad someone would complain.  8 miss the good old days and I'm guilty of using the laugh to mean negative.  Now I will use the love emoji to be negative. 

Could also use the thumbs up, as it involves a fairly large finger.

32 minutes ago, stoner said:

i have never put any reaction to anyones posts. stop being babies my god. 

I very rarely use them if at all. 

59 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Are you trying to be clever or annoying ?

Could you state your reasons for posting "555" ?

I'm glad to see 555 back from the dead.

 

I self-policed and ONLY used the laughing face when someone was being intentionally funny (and I thought they were funny).  If someone snarked at me and used it, I was good with that.

 

I passed on such low ball-snarking. All of the time.

 

And now I regret it.

3 minutes ago, n00dle said:

but then I would spend all day typing.

That is what forums are for .

Now you are just going to sit at home laughing to yourself when reading forums ????