Message from Vijay, the admin on the LIKE Button

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Originally posted by: Kai_Hiwatari

hey thanks for the information.

I fail to understand y ppl on IF are so obsessed about rankings and figures. MID to increase their celebrity ranking, to increase 'like counting'.........it's just numbers in the end of the day!!

I've become one.

This blogging business is bringing out a very ugly side of me. I've become unrecognizably competitive about the number of comments my posts attract. I've started seeing them as blog-currency. The more you have the richer you are. And my greed for them is insatiable. I know I said I'm an ascetic – but that was just to get a full comment box.

I've started having vicious thoughts about my friends and fellow bloggers. Why did Nandita's martyred post on "being taken seriously" get 10 comments when my far more interesting post on Cuckold got only 9? At last count I managed to beat the 2 comments that Gotham's definition of 'callous' attracted by 3 with my witty definition of 'blogstipation' but he's catching up. And what will it take to achieve Dr. Chopra's ability to attract comments in the double digits within hours of posting an entry? How many comments will the manipulative portrayal of my "sensitive" side in my post on gossip be able to squeeze out of readers? What provocative subject should I exploit next? Shall I plagiarize someone else's philosophies? Create an abusive childhood? Hire an out of work programmer to post responses? Anything!

My lust for comments is out of control and consumes my every thought – both waking and reposed.

As soon as I post, I'm crazed as I hit reload over and over again, waiting for the first comment and when one is posted, it's a blissful high. But the relief is temporary. In no time at all, I'm back at the reload button waiting for the next one and then the next… I don't care what they say. I just want more.

It's an addiction, I know – and I should just cold-turkey by turning off the comments option – but I'm not ready for detox. Just a few more… it's cool. Give them to me.

Originally posted by: Kai_Hiwatari

hey thanks for the information.

I fail to understand y ppl on IF are so obsessed about rankings and figures. MID to increase their celebrity ranking, to increase 'like counting'.........it's just numbers in the end of the day!!

Originally posted by: raju786

But i think the "Like" button matters alot to you, because i have seen in alot of your posts where your saying that oh my like button isnt working, or you didnt like my post etc..

and even when I liked KatForEva's post, you had an outburst..

You do notice Like buttons alot..i dont even remember the posts i liked

I like "like" and it matters to me, that I can like the posts, that's all. I did not know about ranks and how many people like my post, I don't even care. And by the way I had an outburst (in your words) not because you liked katforeve's post, it was because she gave Ash #1 and you liked her post. Not my business, I know. But when I wrote about Ash not deserving being #1, in next post to katforeve, you agreed with me.

The problem was not about you liking her post, it was you agreeing with both of us.