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Is LOL always a bad response to a post?
FezzikVizzini
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I can't quite make up my mind what the LOL option on a post is meant to mean.
I assume that as the other options are positive (awesome, insightful, agree) that LOL is meant to indicate people are unimpressed with the post ?
Would I be right in this assumption or can I carry on believing that all my posts are just so full of humour that that is what people mean ?
Maybe "disagree" or something similar would be a better choice ?
I assume that as the other options are positive (awesome, insightful, agree) that LOL is meant to indicate people are unimpressed with the post ?
Would I be right in this assumption or can I carry on believing that all my posts are just so full of humour that that is what people mean ?
Maybe "disagree" or something similar would be a better choice ?
Yeah, I got a PC. I just don't feel the need to post it's specifications for an ego boost.
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Writer✭✭I take it to mean two things. One of the obvious ones is that it means unimpressed. The other that the poster finds the post humorous.Cyras - Ebonheart Dragonknight - Sanguine's Tester
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✭It can be either or. There was a disagree button and they removed it.☠ Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured? ☠
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✭✭✭✭✭I take it to mean two things. One of the obvious ones is that it means unimpressed. The other that the poster finds the post humorous.
And, it being the internet, good luck figuring out which one it is.
Most of the time, I've looked at it as "this post was funny," but I've seen a few posts, where someone was clearly using it to indicate, "you dumb f---.".6 -
HandofBane✭✭✭✭While it may be intended as a more "positive" usage, I freely admit to occasionally using it on people who post something so bad I question their ability to change their own underwear in the morning.12 -
Daggers✭✭✭So, it's a way of saying what you want, while remaining ambiguous enough to not affect karma?
Confused, because I thought it was all about cats
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FezzikVizzini✭✭✭Lol. I have 4 lol's aready. But then I knew I would.Yeah, I got a PC. I just don't feel the need to post it's specifications for an ego boost.6
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Hodorius✭✭✭You make a joke and peoplehit "LOL" it´s a good thing.
You are beeing serious...it´s not that good.
But sometimes you can use it for trolling too... sry for clicking "LOL" at your post ;D6 -
Daggers✭✭✭Congratulations! You've been promoted to Level 3.
You earned the 25 LOLs badge.
You received 25 LOLs. You're posting some good content. Great! +5 points
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Censorious✭✭✭✭The obvious to me - is that you find the post humorous.
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If you think the obvious is that you find it laughable, that's a culture gap no-one is ever going to span.'Clever' sigs get old real fast - just like this one.1 -
HandofBane✭✭✭✭Censorious wrote: »The obvious to me - is that you find the post humorous.
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If you think the obvious is that you find it laughable, that's a culture gap no-one is ever going to span.
Well then it's a damn good thing some of us have no culture.4 -
sylviermoone✭✭✭✭✭HandofBane wrote: »While it may be intended as a more "positive" usage, I freely admit to occasionally using it on people who post something so bad I question their ability to change their own underwear in the morning.
And in this case, I use LOL to signify that this s*** is funny, and I did, IN FACT, laugh out loud when I read it.
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Getorix✭✭✭If someone LOL's your post and you were trying to be funny its a complement if you weren't trying to be funny its not.8
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Noswell✭✭✭Sometimes I feel like the four feedback options we get for posts should have hashtags before them, they might as well be #Yolo, #Retweet, #Ponies and #Lulz!5
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circilion✭✭✭Yea, I have seen a lot of LoL's for bad posts. Which really sucks for me as generally I try to be fun in my posts and receive more LoL's than anything really.
I have a whopping 3 Insightful's and Awesomes .... which leads me to believe that I am not an inspired writer.
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Gunsang✭✭✭That's it, you're all getting an anonymous lol! Too many people have opinions on things they know nothing about. And the more ignorant they are, the more opinions they have. - Thomas Hildern3 -
Daggers✭✭✭Yea, I have seen a lot of LoL's for bad posts. Which really sucks for me as generally I try to be fun in my posts and receive more LoL's than anything really.
I have a whopping 3 Insightful's and Awesomes .... which leads me to believe that I am not an inspired writer.
Aw, can't give you one of each...
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✭✭I generally use LOLs for posts that are funny, if I disagree I post, saying why.
Other people do it differently, but I use Laugh Out Loud for Humour.
Mind you sometimes finding that someone thinks you're funny, when you are being serious, can be offputting too (I had that happen a bit on SWTOR forums).People believe what they either want to be true or what they are afraid is true!
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AlliN✭✭✭This "LOL" flag is as pointless as is the whole LOL phrase now. Firstly, as everyone knows it was Laughing Out Loud, but then some moron called other guy a "lol" and then lemmings started copying it - and that is absolutely misguided usage of it.
- Also using "lol" as a negative comment is pointless, as it does not carry any message of agree/disagree value on it's own. Even "lol noob" is more informative.
It was also used in smaller instances as Lots of Love. This meaning died and it's nonexistant at the moment.
Why remove downranking a comment and replace it with this "lol" nonsense. They would need to split it to "Funny/Entertaining" and "Ridiculous".
But then, today's modus operandi is to make everyone safe, happy and "accepted" even cheaters, botters, morons, trolls. That's why we had "disagree" removed.2 -
Being as "LOL" is an indicator of laughter, I would take it as that. If someone thought you were just as dumb as *** but made them laugh, they still laughed. Like wise if you said something clever and humorous. It doesn't matter to me if people think my comments are dumb - but I know people are different. The hard part for me is when people laugh as a coping mechanism... 0 -
Daggers✭✭✭This "LOL" flag is as pointless as is the whole LOL phrase now. Firstly, as everyone knows it was Laughing Out Loud, but then some moron called other guy a "lol" and then lemmings started copying it - and that is absolutely misguided usage of it.
- Also using "lol" as a negative comment is pointless, as it does not carry any message of agree/disagree value on it's own. Even "lol noob" is more informative.
It was also used in smaller instances as Lots of Love. This meaning died and it's nonexistant at the moment.
Why remove downranking a comment and replace it with this "lol" nonsense. They would need to split it to "Funny/Entertaining" and "Ridiculous".
But then, today's modus operandi is to make everyone safe, happy and "accepted" even cheaters, botters, morons, trolls. That's why we had "disagree" removed.
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Elvikun✭✭✭When someone tells a joke, LOL is a good response, but when someone is being serious then LOL is essentially "Oh, you poor dummy, go away.".
Also, no disagrees, it's offensive and can hurt someone, just like jokes, arguments, debates, smalltalk, user names and many other things. *sigh*
On the other hand, I'd say it's best to have no buttons like this, makes people express their opinions a bit, rather than "+1, BRO!" and "No." which is usually even less usefull than silence, unless it's a vote on something.Edited by Elvikun on April 20, 2014 10:56AMFailing is a lifestyle too.0 -
Daggers✭✭✭Perhaps the buttons should reflect your main character's skills in the game, and posts should have "health".
You can heal those who have been flamed, dragon leap trolls, and use soul trap on high level plonkers.
If a post's health reaches zero, the post is dead and deleted, and everyone who joined in the attack gets some experience and loot, which is attributed to & mailed to your main character in-game.
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✭✭If you're being funny I'll LOL you.If your statement is so ridiculous that anything I have to respond to it is going to cause an argument, I'll LOL that too! Sorry, but I'd rather LOL you than get dragged into an internet argument...@ֆȶɛʋɛƈǟʍքֆօʊȶ⍟
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Bunk✭✭✭I don't think so. I have a fair share of LOLs and I'm an incredibly good poster. Everybody agrees with me.idiot2 -
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✭✭✭✭✭This "LOL" flag is as pointless as is the whole LOL phrase now. Firstly, as everyone knows it was Laughing Out Loud, but then some moron called other guy a "lol" and then lemmings started copying it - and that is absolutely misguided usage of it.
- Also using "lol" as a negative comment is pointless, as it does not carry any message of agree/disagree value on it's own. Even "lol noob" is more informative.
It was also used in smaller instances as Lots of Love. This meaning died and it's nonexistant at the moment.
Why remove downranking a comment and replace it with this "lol" nonsense. They would need to split it to "Funny/Entertaining" and "Ridiculous".
But then, today's modus operandi is to make everyone safe, happy and "accepted" even cheaters, botters, morons, trolls. That's why we had "disagree" removed.
For a second I thought this was a Richard Weaver-esq post... though, what honestly depresses me is that lol has entered the language as an actual phonetic.0 -
Belrim✭✭✭i use "LOL" in two cases. When i find the post amusing, or when the post is ridiculous.Early bird gets the worm, but second mouse gets the cheese.0 -
SeñorCinco✭✭✭✭How does this topic warrant a thread?
... in the CS forum, no less.Edited by SeñorCinco on April 20, 2014 12:16PMWords contained in posts, at which point I stop reading and will not respond...
Toon / Mana / WoW or any acronym following "In ___" /
Pets (when referring to summoned Daedra) / Any verbiage to express slang (ie, ending in uz,az,..) / Soul Stone
... to be continued.
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