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   Message 19,887 of 21,759   
   D to yeti   
   Re: If you were to design a netnews prot   
   28 Aug 24 10:46:46   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.usenet   
   From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Wed, 28 Aug 2024, yeti wrote:   
      
   > snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) writes:   
   >   
   >> A Contributor wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> +1   
   >>   
   >> Without wishing to give offense:   
   >>   
   >> I dislike the use of "+1", which I see as a web forum abomination.   
   >>   
   >> I by far prefer the time honoured "" (agreeing out loud)   
   >> or even "me too".   [winking smiling "emoji" thing goes here].   
   >   
   > I like followers, replies and likes *not* being counted here, but I see   
   > no danger in a not summed up +1.   
   >   
   > I prefer the minimalist =b (or d= or 2 thumbs version =b d=).   
   >   
   > Are there other compact ASCII art variants?   
   >   
      
   If counting is not an option, I'd compress that to b (good) and p (bad).   
   Don't think we can get smaller than that, except perhaps b (good) and no   
   response (bad). ;)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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