# Like button/User Karma **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 9, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button-user-karma/774293 "2016-12-09T17:13:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button-user-karma/774293/61 "2016-12-12T22:23:24Z")
Even nothing is better than a “like”. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button-user-karma/774293/62 "2016-12-12T22:52:51Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Even nothing is better than a “like”. Nothing to see here. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button-user-karma/774293/63 "2016-12-12T23:07:23Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Even nothing is better than a “like”. > [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Nothing to see here. Just wanted to highlight what was said. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button-user-karma/774293/64 "2016-12-12T23:10:56Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Just wanted to highlight what was said. I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button-user-karma/774293/65 "2016-12-12T23:20:12Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > …Yeah, it’s not necessary. Neither are shoes… Neither are self-adhesive envelopes or artichokes. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button-user-karma/774293/66 "2016-12-13T00:25:37Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Even nothing is better than a “like”. > [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Nothing to see here. > [@running\_coach](#): > > Just wanted to highlight what was said. [Jack Benny] Now, cut that out! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button-user-karma/774293/67 "2016-12-13T00:29:50Z")
We keep this up too long and we might attract the attention of the authorities. IOW: Cheese it! The MODs!! ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button-user-karma/774293/68 "2016-12-13T05:59:42Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > A third choice might be to respond to that post and say that you really liked it and that it experessed your opinion exactly. In other words. “+1”. I’d rather avoid clutter. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button-user-karma/774293/69 "2016-12-13T14:00:06Z")
Considering this festive time of year, I would just like to say: I got a lot of problems with you people! And now you’re gonna hear about it! Spam the downvote button until a hamster explodes! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button-user-karma/774293/70 "2016-12-13T14:18:46Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > This is true. > > One thing I’ve seen elsewhere is a “Thanks” option - people can click a button to say “thanks” then underneath the post, it will say “UserName A/B/C/D etc say thanks for this post”. No “upvoting”, no popularity contests, not “karma”, just the ability to acknowledge a worthwhile contribution without having to make post. I wouldn’t mind this kind of thing if it were _only_ visible to the poster whose post was receiving the “thanks”, and invisible to everyone else. On the other hand, you can already send someone a PM if you want to say how much you appreciated their post in thread X. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button-user-karma/774293/71 "2016-12-13T15:31:56Z")
+2 (just to be different) ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button-user-karma/774293/72 "2016-12-15T03:20:15Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Neither are self-adhesive envelopes or artichokes. Yeah, and shoes and self-adhesive envelopes make life a little better. Artichokes are a wash. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button-user-karma/774293.md?page=3)