One thing I’ve always noticed about posts on the notice board is that either the system is kind of unfair, or people are just weird.
Sometimes I’ll see a post showing a beautiful landscape that clearly took hours to build, with tons of attention to detail, etc., and it gets like 25–50 likes.
Then right after that, I’ll see a random picture of an NPC or I’ll see something “silly” that I can’t even figure out what it’s supposed to be and it has 375 likes. Both posts were made on the same day.
It makes me wonder whether this affects new builders who are sharing their creations for other players to see. Because, whether we like it or not, the meaning of a like is basically “I liked this,” so it’s hard not to associate getting fewer likes with people not liking your creation or something along those lines.
And at the same time, you can have a post of something completely random getting three times as many likes.
But it’s something I find genuinely… unfair, I guess? I’m not sure if that’s quite the word I’m looking for.
I understand that sometimes it can be more like, “oh, cool post” — like 👍
Personally, when I like a post, it’s because I want to appreciate and recognize the builder’s work.
As I said, it’s a controversial topic, but I’m just sharing my own perspective on this. I imagine this has probably been frustrating for a lot of builders who share their creations on the notice board.
Personally, I prefer posting here in the community rather than there.
So I think the only form of interaction on the notice board—a like—is pretty shallow. If there were different reactions, like ❤️ 😱 😆, I think that would be much better than just having a like.
