This is incorrect. Sorting is not influenced on Discourse like Reddit. According to codinghorror,
I’m not advocating for a like button. I’m just correcting misinformation here.
For the rest of the post, I agree that’s what I see people doing here, waiting for something special to thank someone. It’s why I started the thread. When people wait to thank people, there are less thanks going on.
That has been my thought as well. But I have wondered recently whether it might sometimes reveal that an unpopular opinion has more support than one would think if they just read the thread. For instance, if you read this thread on the day after the migration to Discourse on vBulletin vs Discourse, you might think that vBulletin would be winning by a mile. But the poll shows otherwise. Discourse was winning 51% to 41% for vBulletin.
Anonymous likes might have the same effect. But again, I’m not advocating for that. It’s just an interesting thought experiment.
Sounds great! I hope more people do this. 