avg 2014

[Ken Blake]

Back tot he topic, I found the following:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/+1

That appears to support my recollection that the +1 stuff originated
with Slashdot or a related forum. It was used as a voting method to
increase a post's score (or decrease, if -1 was used) which determined
how visible the post was.

Yes, thanks. That pretty much answers my question.

Ken

--
Zaphod

"So [Trillian], two heads is what does it for a girl?"
"...Anything else [Zaphod]'s got two of?"
- Arthur Dent

 

[Ken Blake]

Which actually predates IM, Facebok and Twitter by quite a few years.
And it doesn't mean the same as "ditto".

If it doesn't mean the same thing, please clarify what the difference
is.

 

[XS11E]

If it doesn't mean the same thing, please clarify what the
difference is.

No difference, +1 means "I agree with the post above" or "Me, too" or
"ditto" or "What he/she/it said!"

 

[John Williamson]

No difference, +1 means "I agree with the post above" or "Me, too" or
"ditto" or "What he/she/it said!"

So not the same as "ditto", then. "Ditto" would just mean you intend to
repeat the post without comment.

 

[Ken Blake]

So not the same as "ditto", then. "Ditto" would just mean you intend to
repeat the post without comment.

I don't want to get into an argument over this, but as far as I'm
concerned, that makes it the same thing.

You say "two plus two equals four," and I say "ditto" which means "two
plus two equals four" (without comment).

To me that's the same thing as +1.

 

[Gene Wirchenko]

If it doesn't mean the same thing, please clarify what the difference
is.

"+1" means "I like this."

"Ditto." means "Same as previous."

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

 

[Ken Blake]

"+1" means "I like this."

"Ditto." means "Same as previous."

We apparently disagree, and that's OK. I think "+1" means "I agree
with this," and to me, that's the same as "ditto" used the same way,
which also means "I agree with this."

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Most of us can use a bit of retuning now and then.

It's moments like *this* that keep me /returning/ to Usenet!

Are you willing to become my spell-checker?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

So not the same as "ditto", then. "Ditto" would just mean you intend to
repeat the post without comment.

Y'all should see what Zaphod Beeblebrox said in

Message-ID: <[email protected]>

to see what to me is an interesting historical (even etymological) note.

 

[G. Ross]

Gene E. Bloch has written on 9/10/2013 2:09 PM:

So why should we listen to your opinions if you won't back them up?

Because it is an OPINION, not a documented review.

 

[XS11E]

I don't want to get into an argument over this, but as far as I'm
concerned, that makes it the same thing.

You say "two plus two equals four," and I say "ditto" which means
"two plus two equals four" (without comment).

To me that's the same thing as +1.

+1

 

[Ed Cryer]

+1

How about +2?

Ed

 

[XS11E]

How about +2?

I can go all the way to 10, or 20 if I take my shoes off..... wanna see
me count to 21? <G>

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I can go all the way to 10, or 20 if I take my shoes off..... wanna see
me count to 21? <G>

NO!

PLEASE stop at 20!

 

[Bob Henson]

How about +2?

You mean both of your personalities agree?


--
Bob
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England

Manifesto - a statement of what you would do if you had talent, honour and
principles.

 

[Bob Henson]

NO!

PLEASE stop at 20!

You may well not want me to turn my trouser pockets linings inside out and
do my white-eared elephant impersonation either then?

 

[Stan Brown]

I wonder what he'll say when someone replies <AOL> as the last line of a
post.

No, no, no. You must write it this way:

<aol>
Me, too!
</aol>

 

[John Williamson]

No, no, no. You must write it this way:

<aol>
Me, too!
</aol>

In some groups I frequent, it's now just <AOL>, as everyone knows how
and why it came about.

 

[Ed Cryer]

You mean both of your personalities agree?

Well, if I wrote something and someone replied "+1", and another replied
"+3", I'd feel more complimented by the latter.

Ed (alpha plus gold star)

 

[Ed Cryer]

I can go all the way to 10, or 20 if I take my shoes off..... wanna see
me count to 21? <G>

5 house points to Gryffindor!

Ed (cave ne draconem dormientem titilles)