# 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:** 1 **Showing post:** 60
### Author: ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S) #### Post date: [April 15, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-needs-likes/832496/60 "2019-04-15T15:26:47Z")
I’m new here but if a poster really wants to know how many people agree with them what about creating a poll? Polls convey more information than the Hobson’s choice of giving a post your “like”; at least they do when well designed. If a poster doesn’t convey the want for such feedback at the time of posting, what value do mere tokens of appreciation add to the discussion? I can understand being annoyed by notifications for replies that add no substance to the topic, such as “I laughed” or “me too” or “+1” or “like”. If the community thinks such posts are inappropriate for a forum they should say so; see for example rule 6 from General Questions Rules & FAQs: > [@Factual Questions Rules & FAQs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-questions-rules-faqs/447561/1): > > General Questions Rules & FAQs > … > 6. Try to limit the “me, too” posts. If a member has asked a question about a legal matter, for instance, there is no need for everyone who ever got a ticket to post a story. A certain amount is worthwhile to make a point (and we are a community of shared interests, after all), but too many thread live beyond their useful lives because someone wanted to share a story which is only slightly on-topic. Please exercise discretion. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-needs-likes/832496)._