# Will SD Ever Add a "Like" Button? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 2, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-ever-add-a-like-button/795292 "2017-09-02T02:03:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-ever-add-a-like-button/795292/1 "2017-09-02T02:03:17Z")
Will SD get with it and add a “Like” button? Why should the Board’s boards get clogged with trivial banter that can be covered simply by a thumbs up or thumbs down??? ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-ever-add-a-like-button/795292/2 "2017-09-02T02:06:23Z")
> [@Jinx](#): > > Will SD get with it and add a “Like” button? Why should the Board’s boards get clogged with trivial banter that can be covered simply by a thumbs up or thumbs down??? “Like” ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-ever-add-a-like-button/795292/3 "2017-09-02T02:09:13Z")
Sure, they add that. Then what’s next? Avatars? Pics? Before you know it, we’ll be over run with exlosively irritating animated emojis and neck deep in crusty jugglers! Crusty jugglers. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-ever-add-a-like-button/795292/4 "2017-09-02T02:25:45Z")
Are you expecting a different answer than the last time you asked this? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=818658](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=818658) ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-ever-add-a-like-button/795292/5 "2017-09-02T02:50:37Z")
God I hope not. I like that the message board here relies on simplicity that I feel fosters more genuine communication. I see people complain often about the format, I’m not sure that newer ones are really better. For instance there are a lot of interesting conversations that take place on Reddit, but the way the website is setup and replies to posts and all that is so jarring to my eyes, that I usually don’t bother visiting their website. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-ever-add-a-like-button/795292/6 "2017-09-02T03:37:27Z")
👍 +1 ---
**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:** [September 2, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-ever-add-a-like-button/795292/7 "2017-09-02T03:46:55Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Are you expecting a different answer than the last time you asked this? > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=818658](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=818658) And the three times before that. > **[Will SD ever add a "Like" Button?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=677806)** > > You guys really oughta revamp the SD Board bringing into the 21st century. With a little creative thought, adding Like buttons and even more creative features… BAM! You can kick this Board up a Notch! 😉 > **[Will SD Add a "Like" Button?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=621486)** > > 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?) > **[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… 😉 ---
**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:** [September 2, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-ever-add-a-like-button/795292/8 "2017-09-02T03:49:36Z")
Do not like ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-ever-add-a-like-button/795292/9 "2017-09-02T04:58:18Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Sure, they add that. Then what’s next? Avatars? Pics? Before you know it, we’ll be over run with exlosively irritating animated emojis and neck deep in crusty jugglers! Crusty jugglers. [Obligatory Comment]Crusty Jugglers would be a hell of a band name![/Obligatory Comment] ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-ever-add-a-like-button/795292/10 "2017-09-02T06:04:18Z")
> [@Jinx](#): > > Will SD get with it and add a “Like” button? Why should the Board’s boards get clogged with trivial banter that can be covered simply by a thumbs up or thumbs down??? There are probably much better ways to reduce trivial banter around here. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-ever-add-a-like-button/795292/11 "2017-09-02T06:08:42Z")
I want an apathetic ambivalence button. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-ever-add-a-like-button/795292/12 "2017-09-02T06:21:00Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I want an apathetic ambivalence button. Meh ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sd-ever-add-a-like-button/795292/13 "2017-09-02T10:50:13Z")
**Moderator Action** > [@Telemark](#): > > Are you expecting a different answer than the last time you asked this? > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=818658](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=818658) > [@running\_coach](#): > > And the three times before that. > [Will SD ever add a "Like" Button? - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=677806) > [Will SD Add a "Like" Button? - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=621486) > [Why No "Like" Button? - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=587933) Ok, we get that you really really really really really really really want a like button. Please stop posting the same thing over and over. Thread closed.