# Will SD Add a "Like" Button? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 23, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761 "2011-08-23T11:01:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/1 "2011-08-23T11:01:37Z")
It’d be soooo convenient if SDopers could simply “like” someone’s post rather than clog up the SD server with all kinds of superfluous posts that equate to a simple “like”! (Or, does Zuckerboogie hold the patent on the “Like” button?) ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/2 "2011-08-23T11:39:13Z")
^like. +1. 🙂 Didn’t there used to be a “like” function, back in the day? ---
**Author:** ![jonesj2205](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/3 "2011-08-23T11:49:27Z")
Isn’t going to happen: > **[Why No "Like" Button?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=587933)** > > In this day and age, why doesn’t the SD introduce a “Like” button for each remark within any given thread? Sometimes, that’s all one requires to respond! hint hint hint… 😉 > **[FB-Style "Like" Button? Oh C'mon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577015)** > > I know we’re stoics over here, who post witticisms for the sheer joy of making them - but couldn’t we add some kind of “Like” button? To let people know their efforts are appreciated? Not a public scorecard for people to obsess over. And certainly... > **[any functionality for a "Thanks" or "Like" button (i.e. Facebook)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=607613)** > > I’m sure this has been discussed a million times over, so please feel free to point me to the relevant thread discussions, but is there any way to add a “Thanks”, or “Like” button on here? I’m still in my “3 month SDMB honeymoon period”, so maybe... ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/4 "2011-08-23T11:52:40Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > ^like. +1. 🙂 > > Didn’t there used to be a “like” function, back in the day? No, we never had one, and I don’t see it ever happening around here. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/5 "2011-08-23T12:19:00Z")
Death first. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/6 "2011-08-23T20:41:32Z")
Like, no? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/7 "2011-08-23T21:01:36Z")
A one-click popularity contest … sounds intriguing. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/8 "2011-08-23T22:37:40Z")
It wouldn’t save anything, people that click like would then just post stuff like “hey I just liked your post” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/9 "2011-08-24T13:09:15Z")
It would keep me from having to come up with anything worthwhile to say while I’m randomly clicking things on the Internet. Like I’ve ever had anything worthwhile to say. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/10 "2011-08-24T13:39:57Z")
We could really cut down on superfluous posting by having just the OP, to which all others could click either a ‘like’ or an ‘unlike’ button. Of course we’d all be bored out of our brains but the hamsters could have a well-deserved rest. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/11 "2011-08-24T14:03:23Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > We could really cut down on superfluous posting by having just the OP, to which all others could click either a ‘like’ or an ‘unlike’ button. The latter is a troll magnet. I think we attract enough trolls as is. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/12 "2011-08-24T14:08:29Z")
I see this come up from time to time, and I am confused by it. Isn’t the point of a message board to talk about things? Installing a “like” button would seem to cut down on the talking part. Why respond to a post when you can just click “like” and move on? It seems to be antithetical to the purpose of a message board. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/13 "2011-08-24T22:01:28Z")
OK fine. I’m not even on facebook, I hate that “be BFFs with strangers” shit. Having read the threads linked above, I now see the light. “Like” button a very bad idea. The only utility I was thinking of was a quick off-board way to thank someone rather than posting a “hey thanks” post that everyone will ignore anyhow, or tht looks like you’re bumping your own post for shits and giggles. Apparently I am naive. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/14 "2011-08-25T03:38:14Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > The latter is a troll magnet. I think we attract enough trolls as is. I wasn’t advocating such a button. I mustn’t have made myself clear. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/15 "2011-08-25T15:04:25Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > I wasn’t advocating such a button. I mustn’t have made myself clear. That was just a general comment. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/16 "2011-08-25T16:46:27Z")
“Like” buttons, like Facebook itself, is for fools to pretend to have a dialog with one another. Let’s not take SDMB anywhere near there. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/17 "2011-08-25T21:01:10Z")
We could do one better than Facebook and also add a “Dislike” button. I can think of many times I would have liked to click on that. ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/18 "2011-08-25T21:16:14Z")
ed - [I deleted my reply as I didn’t like it.] ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/19 "2011-08-25T23:26:06Z")
While I think rep, with well handled rules (they do exist!) could be worthwhile, like buttons are just too hairy in a messageboard setting. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761/20 "2011-08-25T23:35:13Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > I wasn’t advocating such a button. I mustn’t have made myself clear. > [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > That was just a general comment. 🙂 And here’s an example why: > [@suranyi](#): > > We could do one better than Facebook and also add a “Dislike” button. I can think of many times I would have liked to click on that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-add-a-like-button/593761.md?page=2)