# I like nothing here **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847 "2020-06-22T17:15:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/1 "2020-06-22T17:15:28Z")
What gives? Why can’t I give likes any anymore? It worked last night. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/2 "2020-06-22T17:17:44Z")
Likes were turned off at some point. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/3 "2020-06-22T17:18:13Z")
An uproar was had, apparently. I like likes. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/4 "2020-06-22T17:19:23Z")
They are still fine-tuning the machine to make it work like the old system as much as possible, I would guess. I have noticed several small changes since we moved in yesterday afternoon, and I suspect there will be a few more. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/5 "2020-06-22T17:20:22Z")
Images and long-term editing have also been turned off. Smilies, too. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/6 "2020-06-22T17:20:57Z")
![](https://media0.giphy.com/media/g0yPLFTYpr283dUJBs/giphy.gif?cid=790b76119e3977d13435fcb9bd33acb7b53c05e072fd5837&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g "Sad Adventure Time GIF by Cartoon Network EMEA - Find & Share on GIPHY") You’re right! Gifs are out ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/7 "2020-06-22T17:21:54Z")
There was a shift in the planet’s magnetic field, and quite a bit of the Earth’s atmosphere was lost before they were able to resolve the issue and remove the feature. The world nearly ended. Before you go and tell me ‘likes’ wouldn’t actually be the end of the world, go ahead and read past threads about it and tell me a number of posters here don’t believe that. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Crap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.crap/32/3131_2.png) [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/8 "2020-06-22T17:22:39Z")
They’re working for me on mobile. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/9 "2020-06-22T17:23:06Z")
…or after editing my post with a frowning emoji my Gifs was tuned back on… ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/10 "2020-06-22T17:23:36Z")
I see Finn and Jake (with whom I am relatively familiar 🙂 ). ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/11 "2020-06-22T17:24:22Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Before you go and tell me ‘likes’ wouldn’t actually be the end of the world, go ahead and read past threads about it and tell me a number of posters here don’t believe that. 😛 I don’t really like them, but I have found them useful. Go to Notifications \>\> Likes in your profile and there’s a list of all your posts that have gotten likes. Sometimes, they’re really old posts that I’d forgotten about that someone had recently liked. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/12 "2020-06-22T17:24:41Z")
Sane, rational people would give the Board a few days to settle down and TPTB time to work out some kinks. Then they would carefully explore the new setting, trying out themes and such until they had a handle on things and could make reasoned suggestions. Why, it could be a rebirth of The Straight Dope. A Renaissance, if you will. Nah. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/13 "2020-06-22T17:24:50Z")
yes… apparently I edited my post to add an emoji and the gif tuned on (but my emoji is not shown)… confusing developments… ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/14 "2020-06-22T17:29:40Z")
Using the Discourse Classic theme will solve this problem. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/15 "2020-06-22T17:30:55Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Sane, rational people would give the Board a few days to settle down and TPTB time to work out some kinks. Then they would carefully explore the new setting, trying out themes and such until they had a handle on things and could make reasoned suggestions. Why, it could be a rebirth of The Straight Dope. A Renaissance, if you will. I like this part of your post. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/16 "2020-06-22T17:31:28Z")
You’re right but… its so uggggs ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/17 "2020-06-22T17:33:01Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > Using the Discourse Classic theme will solve this problem. Now I see emojis again! But I want to claw my eyeballs from their sockets. Tomayto-tomahtoe. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/18 "2020-06-22T18:01:20Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Why, it could be a rebirth of The Straight Dope. A Renaissance, if you will. > > Nah. Nice! One of my all-time fave SNL sketches. I hope we can have a renewed discussion of “likes” at some point. Sure, the usual suspects will say it’s a popularity contest and we’re intellectuals and use our words and blah blah blah. But we _won’t_ hear “vBulletin doesn’t do that and never will so shut up,” and that’s something. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/19 "2020-06-22T18:17:58Z")
I’m all for “fix it now, fiddle with it later”. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847/20 "2020-06-22T18:25:51Z")
If we have a 20 character minimum for post length, likes are an essential offset for that. Some sites have seven different response icons (as with FB). My preference is for the up/down arrows that ArsTechnica uses in their story comments section: if a posting gets an overwhelmingly negative response, it gets shrunk to a “post hidden” link that can be used to expand it in place. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-nothing-here/911847.md?page=2)