# Should this board have 'like' feature? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 9, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347 "2017-10-09T02:10:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/1 "2017-10-09T02:10:42Z")
Otherwise how should one convey sense of appreciation for a post? There are many good posts, informative posts, long exhaustive posts, intelligent posts, funny posts etc. where one would like to give a thumbs up. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/2 "2017-10-09T02:20:02Z")
No. In my experience, with forums that do, there is a small number of people who hgih-five each other all the time, and anyone who doesn’t do that never gets a post “appreciated”,no matter how good it is. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/3 "2017-10-09T02:23:40Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > No. > > In my experience, with forums that do, there is a small number of people who hgih-five each other all the time, and anyone who doesn’t do that never gets a post “appreciated”,no matter how good it is. Good… perhaps ‘likes’ given and received be visible to the giver and receiver, and not to others? How about this? ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/4 "2017-10-09T02:34:16Z")
I would prefer a “STFU You’re really annoying” feature. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/5 "2017-10-09T02:37:47Z")
I see no reason whatsoever to have the SDMB emulate the much-inferior Facebook environment. If you wish convergence, please see what you can do to convince the denizens of Facebook to make Facebook behave a lot more like a vBulletin message board. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/6 "2017-10-09T02:49:59Z")
Thread relocated from IMHO to ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/7 "2017-10-09T02:51:57Z")
No. It’s far too easy to click a “Like” button. It is more of a challenge to articulate why you like a certain post. I find that here, if you like someone’s post, you are free to tell them in a subsequent public post. Of course, since we don’t really go in for a quote followed by an “I agree,” we expect a reason why one agrees. Giving a reason, I think, helps move the discussion along. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/8 "2017-10-09T03:56:11Z")
[A](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=835210&highlight=button) [few](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=818658&highlight=button) [previous](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=677806&highlight=button) [threads on the subject.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=621486&highlight=button) There are more if you need to see them. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/9 "2017-10-09T10:00:38Z")
There is another forum that I used to visit a lot that used a points system, and the more points you have accumulated, the more points you can give to other people. So someone who makes interesting posts might accumulate hundreds of points. Until the whole process snowballed and everybody started giving everybody huge number of points, so that all the regular posters ended up with hundreds of millions of points… ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/10 "2017-10-09T10:14:57Z")
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**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/11 "2017-10-09T11:08:43Z")
No. Do not like. Not lowering ourselves to that sort of inanity is part of what sets the SDMB apart from the scrum. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/12 "2017-10-09T12:25:30Z")
No effing way. Do some research about what the like button actually is. It’s a tool to make social media addictive. It adds nothing to education, understanding, or knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/13 "2017-10-09T12:37:40Z")
Please, no. Times 1000. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/14 "2017-10-09T12:38:47Z")
Shared. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/15 "2017-10-09T13:06:14Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > Otherwise how should one convey sense of appreciation for a post? There are many good posts, informative posts, long exhaustive posts, intelligent posts, funny posts etc. where one would like to give a thumbs up. Really? You can’t think of any other way of doing this without a “Like” button? ---
**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:** [October 9, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/16 "2017-10-09T13:19:13Z")
There are lots of ‘modern’ features that I’m glad we eschew, mainly because it helps the Dope maintain a clean look (ignoring what the ads have done there). I’d be fine with the Dope adding a +1 feature, because it would lower the number of posts where somebody throws up a quote and says “this” or “QFT” and then fails to add anything meaningful to the conversation. If a poster’s contribution can be summed up by clicking a “like” button, I’m good with them not posting in the thread at all. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/17 "2017-10-09T13:22:46Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > Otherwise how should one convey sense of appreciation for a post? Use your words. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/18 "2017-10-09T13:28:47Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > There are lots of ‘modern’ features that I’m glad we eschew Especially obfuscation. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/19 "2017-10-09T13:47:28Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > No. It’s far too easy to click a “Like” button. It is more of a challenge to articulate why you like a certain post. > > I find that here, if you like someone’s post, you are free to tell them in a subsequent public post. Of course, since we don’t really go in for a quote followed by an “I agree,” we expect a reason why one agrees. Giving a reason, I think, helps move the discussion along. This. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347/20 "2017-10-09T14:24:10Z")
> [@Charlie\_Tan](#): > > This. QFT. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-board-have-like-feature/798347.md?page=2)