# "liking" posts-software issue?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liking-posts-software-issue/623597>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 31, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liking-posts-software-issue/623597 "2012-05-31T00:55:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liking-posts-software-issue/623597/21 "2012-05-31T19:18:48Z")

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> [@dropzone](#):
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> Your fly was open. Nobody here likes a poster showing off everything he’s got. You should save that for that other board you post on. But not JR_F because you could get banned for even thinking about it there, though R_nd\* might like it. I mean that board you save for lonely Saturday nights.

Plustheloneliestnumber

You know what I want? I want an “I see what you did there button.” Both for the personal validation that some subtle joke/pun didn’t go unnoticed and so that I know to look just a little deeper in posts where I may have overlooked something.

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**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liking-posts-software-issue/623597/22 "2012-05-31T19:37:40Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Is it my breath? Should I have worn a belt with these pants instead of suspenders? Is there something stuck in my teeth?

Your post makes your butt look big…  
(As to the OP, I also don’t think we need it. Generally folks make their displeasure with my posts known…and rarely their ‘like’ of what I’m saying. I’d say the only benefit to a like/dislike system is simply to get the lurkers view point, and not sure if that’s all that meaningful in any case)

-XT

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liking-posts-software-issue/623597/23 "2012-05-31T20:37:56Z")

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I have the perfect solution.

No like/dislike button, except in the new forum called “Like/Dislike” in which all posting rules will still be in place, except after the OP is posted, the only further contribution is either Like or Dislike.

That way, people can have fun all day long clicking their little buttons and I’ll know enough to stay out of a ridiculous forum like that.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liking-posts-software-issue/623597/24 "2012-05-31T20:59:52Z")

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> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#):
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> -one

This.

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**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liking-posts-software-issue/623597/25 "2012-05-31T22:10:48Z")

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> [@Ambivalid](#):
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> Oh god no. I would much much prefer SDMB to remain as is and _not_ adopt any sort of “like” option for posts. Just my humble opinion of course. Such options smack of favoritism and passive aggression. No need.

I completely agree.

The only thing a “like” feature would accomplish is to strengthen the feeling of “clique-ishness” this place can frequently have.

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