[IxDA Discuss] thumbs up gesture

[Anjali Arora]

On Jun 23, 2006, at 2:03 AM, Julie Stanford wrote:

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> 1) Am I totally wrong? Should I be really concerned that thumbs up/ 
> down is
> offensive?

If you are looking to an international audience, I believe the thumbs  
up/ down will be perceived differently.
In India, a thumbs up is used in everyday real-world contexts to mean  
'You're not getting that from me' or a 'You lose, I win' kind of  
thing, it's sort of a teasing gesture. A regular user of the internet  
in India, or one who has traveled extensively will understand that it  
is being used here in a different sense, but for the rest, it is  
likely to cause confusion.
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> 2) What are alternatives to thumbs up/down for expressing that you
> like/dislike something?  Unfortunately, it is not going to work to  
> rate
> something on a scale of 1-X or whatever. We really need just a like/ 
> don't
> like quick symbol.  Also note that a star isn't going to work for  
> various
> reasons.
> They suggested just and up/down arrow but that implies movement to me.
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>
I'd go with a checkmark-cross combo, but I'd also test it out with  
the potential audience.

-Anjali
www.artbrush.net
> Thoughts?
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> julie
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