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Post by wurlycorner » Tue May 28, 2013 6:15 pm

Just a suggestion...

When you 'like' a post, it says: "you have just liked for the post"
Should this not be: "you have just 'liked' the post" :?

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Post by Donald » Tue May 28, 2013 6:24 pm

It's short hand for

You have just liked this content, as a way of signifying this you have given a thumbs up for the post.

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Post by wurlycorner » Tue May 28, 2013 6:30 pm

:?



:huh:



Do you need to re-read the 2 lines I put in quotation marks, to see the difference?

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Post by Gayno » Tue May 28, 2013 6:32 pm

wurlycorner wrote:Do you need to re-read the 2 lines I put in quotation marks, to see the difference?
No, if you read Donald's post, he's added a bit in the middle to make the first line make sense ;)

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Post by wurlycorner » Tue May 28, 2013 6:36 pm

Ok, but as a stand alone sentence (which is what is seen), it isn't right?

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Post by Donald » Tue May 28, 2013 6:42 pm

I imagine there may be a broken bit of code that should insert a username or something as opposed to a grammar mistake ;)

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Post by Doggo » Tue May 28, 2013 6:42 pm

Hang on. I always thought of it as "You have just liked this person for the post" No? :?

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Post by Ted » Tue May 28, 2013 6:49 pm

Well I have always taken it as liking what was posted

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Post by wurlycorner » Tue May 28, 2013 7:01 pm

Doggo wrote:Hang on. I always thought of it as "You have just liked this person for the post" No? :?
Now that would make sense?! Well done Doggo, you may have hit the nail on the head!

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Post by Sailor » Wed May 29, 2013 12:05 am

Iain's still right, whatever it was supposed to have meant.

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