It's about time, surely?

If there's a decent review or thread then we want to add it to Linked In, or Digg, or Facebook, or Stumbled Upon etc etc

Is the real estate at KVR so full of adverts there's no room for social media?

Social media buttons would allow important KVR stuff to go viral throughout the web.

What's the plan? Please share.

twitter is up on the top right...

i never use those sites myself, i prefer to socialise in person

I f**king hate those buttons.
In particular the popup one which assaults you when you casually move the mouse over it.

metamorphosis

Yeah maybe ... but a lot of people like 'em and use 'em.

They've become a major channel for generating buzz with great new ideas/thoughts/gossip/news

Krim

This is KVR's twitter, and where the social media buttons have been packed.

I didn't even know it was there until you told me

And this is still a million miles from me - or anyone - reading a great thread/review and thinking this should "be known", and clicking the button.

fyi here is Digg - one of my favourites www.digg.com/news

if done, please make their presence a default-off option in the user's preferences.

Please don't.

I'd just block them in Firefox w/Adblock.

thats settled then, no-one like those crap sites...at least no-one over 16 who feels the world doesnt need to know if you just scratched your arse

I'm driving your girlfriend home.

[ ] You digg it.
[ ] You like it.
[ ] You add me to your friends list.
[ ] You tell your buddies (so they can digg, like, add, tell too)


It's so beyond me. Thanks, but NO thanks. I don't want to see this here.

I hate them too. I take pride in never having visited Facebook. Hell, I'm not even sure what Twitter is

Please, let's keep those social networking buttons off of KVR.

whyterabbyt

Reasonable.

But maybe an on-option? Also reasonable?

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freddemillio

The buttons are all part of online gossip, which is flourishing, not least in KVR which is a forum-based music gossip shop.

But obviously forums aren't the only type of gossip shop - hence the buttons.

A zillion people who've grown up in the digital generation like them.

It's not just under sixteens.

They're twenty five now - and they use these buttons every day to tell people about what they've seen on the web.

+1000

Also I never would join Facef*ck and tell Zuckerberg my personal details, just to read stupid or useless comments...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7127721.ece
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/movies/index.ssf/2010/09/soc ial_network_review_facebook_movie_is_great_all_around.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/new s/facebook-can-ruin-your-life-and-so-can-myspace-bebo-780521 .html

Polite Request: Would any of the members not wanting button implementation care to put their age when they reply, or indicate their age group?

It would be interesting to see how much the age demographic affects this.

Quite relevant. Marketing loves people 30 or under. They will not care about where money goes, whether a gadget (software or hardware) is value for money or works well/is secure as long as it looks cool or is new and has street cred. Us guys in thier late 40s, are bitter and twisted and suspicious of everything I used to be on Farcebook but disabled my account as social includes the notion of interacting with people face to face, anything less lacks the necessary cues to be a full experience.