# When Will SD Add a "Like" Button? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 9, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-sd-add-a-like-button/779390 "2017-02-09T14:01:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-sd-add-a-like-button/779390/1 "2017-02-09T14:01:38Z")
It’s time for the SD to get into the 21st Century. In the least, will you please add a “Like” button? So many good threads to “Like”…so little time! ---
**Author:** ![Francis\_Vaughan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/francis_vaughan/32/3093_2.png) [@Francis\_Vaughan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_Vaughan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-sd-add-a-like-button/779390/2 "2017-02-09T14:12:31Z")
In reality - never. The core question would be - what purpose does a **like** button serve? On Facebook its prime purpose is to allow tracking of personal preferences to direct targeted advertising. I guess the same could be done here, although the results might be, well, interesting. ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-sd-add-a-like-button/779390/3 "2017-02-09T14:24:38Z")
It would reduce the number of nearly content-free “me too” posts, as people feel a need to express support for a poster or their opinion but don’t necessarily have anything substantial to add to the discussion. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-sd-add-a-like-button/779390/4 "2017-02-09T14:47:15Z")
> [@xnylder](#): > > It would reduce the number of nearly content-free “me too” posts, as people feel a need to express support for a poster or their opinion but don’t necessarily have anything substantial to add to the discussion. me too ---
**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:** [February 9, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-sd-add-a-like-button/779390/5 "2017-02-09T14:49:09Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > me too QFT ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-sd-add-a-like-button/779390/6 "2017-02-09T14:57:15Z")
^^ This ---
**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:** [February 9, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-sd-add-a-like-button/779390/7 "2017-02-09T15:20:03Z")
No twittification or facebooking of the dope, please. There are things that could be done to improve the board. This ain’t one of them. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-sd-add-a-like-button/779390/8 "2017-02-09T15:23:54Z")
How many of these threads have we had now? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-sd-add-a-like-button/779390/9 "2017-02-09T15:27:51Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > How many of these threads have we had now? Quite a few, including a previous one by the OP. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=677806&highlight=button](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=677806&highlight=button) I’m closing this one.