Those are good points. I suppose people can click like to just indicate
yes. My experience is that online and social media veterans bristle a bit
at "click like," but a lot of people also do it. Our audience is very
diverse, and seems to embrace basic common denominators. So I'd rather not
rule it out uniformly. But I see the point today. So:

Have you ever looked up a celebrity on Wikipedia? Who?

All in favor? Opposed?

On Thursday, October 15, 2015, Andrew Sherman <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I also kinda agree. I watch *a lot* of youtube and it might be personal
> but the whole action of asking for engagement kinda turns me off
> ("subscribe if you want more content, click like to let me know what you
> think", etc).
>
> I think the proposed question "have you ever looked up a celebrity on
> Wikipedia?" is sufficient enough to get engagement; maybe even ask why or
> what did you find out to the question.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure I like "Click like if..." personally, seems kind of cheap.
>> And surely everyone's looked up a celebrity one time or another?
>>
>> On 15 October 2015 at 14:28, Jeff Elder <[email protected]
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Click like if you have ever looked up a celebrity on Wikipedia. If you
>>> remember one, we'd love to hear who in a comment.
>>>
>>> Thoughts? Engagement is a goal right now, and getting our large audience
>>> of mostly readers more involved.
>>>
>>>
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