I quite like it
What are the positives?
I seem to remember there was one for a while. Yeah, I miss Jonathan.Difficult one. I see where the OP is coming from, but if there wasn’t a ‘like’ button I’d probably be clogging up the forum agreeing with posts that I approved of.
There are also times when I’d really, really like to have a ‘dislike’ button, so it’s just as well that we don’t have one of those.
+1Well it’s much better than “+1” posts
If I ask for recommendations I can like the responses to show my thanks, which I tend to do.
If someone posts an very unpleasant post and another replies pointing this out, the amount of likes the reply gets versus the absence or few likes on the nasty post is a good way of highlighting the decency of the forum to lurkers or new members.
Oh and I usually like a post that makes me smile or titter.
.sjb
PS No dislike option either.
Was there once a dislike button or have I imagined it in hope?
I think it encourages sycophancy and cliques, entrenches opinions, playing to the crowd and piles of meaningless back-slapping posts.
What are the positives?
Genius !I sometimes like a post, then unlike it later. Keeps people on their toes.