Comments on: UPDATED: ‘Likes’ As a Proxy for Populairty on WND

By: RJ

RJ — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:12:24 +0000

Dear Mrs Mercer,

You do indeed write beautifully. It is however a bad idea for South Africans to have their name on lists of any sort while living under a Marxist style government for obvious reasons. I do however “like” you every day in my personal capacity!

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:46:00 +0000

Sad about quantity vs quality – your column and readers are so much better than (for example) some Sarah Palin drivel and the 492,307 Orangutans who click LIKE reading some intellectual flatulence that is elevated into Talmudic wisdom by “votes”. I agree with Robert G – and I don’t even have Facebook on one of my machines to press LIKE and it is annoying to open up windows just to vote for something for some manipulative “counter”.

[You all make me feel better; thanks.]

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:27:00 +0000

“Likes” Who clicks ‘likes’ anyway? When I read a comment on Yahoo News that I think is particularly bad, I might click on the ‘thumbs down’ just to slap an idiot; but, it wouldn’t take long to break my mouse if I were consistent. If someone comments on the posted article clearly and with good diction, it is debatable if I will bother to hit a thumbs up; because, it’s obvious that they wrote well. I have never clicked an article’s ‘like or dislike’ button. Didn’t know they had one. I read for information, not popularity. Don’t do facebook either. I will make it a point to look for a ‘thumbs up’ button on your articles in the future.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:02:23 +0000

Ilana, I can’t wrap my mind around the fact that your WND column is always in peril; it’s so much different than every other column out there (your blog too; I particularly like how you write about a wide range of subjects.) 99% of political writing is regurgitated talking points, and for some reason that seems to get rewarded. (For the record, I like Vox Day a lot.) [Me too]