I feel like every major forum I go to has them except for here. Also I'm referring to likes specifically, not an upvote/downvote system or a rep system. I feel like it'd help with a lot of the quote spam we tend to get (both positive and negative) e.g. people constantly quoting a funny post. I also feel like it'd help lurkers feel more involved in the community. I've been part of era/gaf for almost a decade know. I post more often now, but there was def a period in the beginning when I was more of a lurker and didn't post that often. I think being able to like posts would allow people who don't feel so comfortable writing posts to contribute their support for certain things. Also i'm pretty sure the forum software we use supports/has this feature baked in as well, so on the tech side I don't believe it would be too hard to implement. What do you guys think?
EDIT: Can people actually articulate why they don't want them? I feel like people are just knee jerk saying no, because it's something that exists on social media and they think it's "beneath" them to have it on here.
EDIT: Can people actually articulate why they don't want them? I feel like people are just knee jerk saying no, because it's something that exists on social media and they think it's "beneath" them to have it on here.