# This board needs "likes"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-needs-likes/832496>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 13, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-needs-likes/832496 "2019-04-13T13:29:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-needs-likes/832496/161 "2019-06-24T18:10:58Z")

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Ah, a wickedly clever devil is he! 😃

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-needs-likes/832496/162 "2019-06-28T00:43:57Z")

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> [@pool](#):
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> Terrible idea, adds nothing to discussion.

It encourages witty commentary.

That is to say, I’d like the “like” to be for “I find this comment to be amusing and/or thought provoking, even if I disagree with the point being made” and not “I find this comment matches my pre-existing biases.”

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