Why there is no "like" button.

[Idaho45guy]

I notice that there are many calls for adding a "like" button to the site. Seems at least once a week I notice someone asking for one.

I would love one as well, since I read so many posts that I like and agree with, but don't have the time to copy and paste and make a positive comment.

I am no computer expert, but I suspect that adding a "like" button is just not possible with the current forum software format.

Doing so would require a substantial investment in time and expense and would require a completely different look of the site.

Again, I don't know. But I think that if it was an easy and quick mod to add, then admin would have done it already.

Hoping someone in the know would respond and verify why the site doesn't have a "like" button. I'm sure many others are curious as well.

[Gofaaast]

I’m in the camp that doesn’t think it’s relevant. Unless you tied an algorithm to the posts and top rated rose up I see no point. I’m not a social media person though. I do regularly thumbs up yt videos if it’s one I like or provided info that helped me knowing that will help the creators monetarily. I thumbs down ones I judge as poor or containing false info. If this site had one I’d hit the button but my feelings are why waste the money changing the site.

[Bazoo]

I don’t know about the ease of it either, but I suspect the other way, that it’ll be as easy as clicking a button on the forum software. The high road has a like button. It couldn’t be too hard.

[Outer Rondacker]

I think if we put up a like button then we should have a Dislike button or a BS button as well. Just saying.

[JimB..]

I don’t know about the ease of it either, but I suspect the other way, that it’ll be as easy as clicking a button on the forum software. The high road has a like button. It couldn’t be too hard.

Were it possible, I would “like” this post.

[Bazoo]

Were it possible, I would “like” this post.

I in turn would have “liked” that post. But, I guess you wouldn’t have posted it if you “liked” it.

If we had a like button, I surmise, we’d be the likingest bunch of folks on the internet.

[Idaho45guy]

I in turn would have “liked” that post. But, I guess you wouldn’t have posted it if you “liked” it.

If we had a like button, I surmise, we’d be the likingest bunch of folks on the internet.

Like.

[swamp]

If I am interested in following a thread I subscribe to it. Get emails when something new is posted. Works for me.
swamp

[RoyEllis]

A like button? Where do ya think you are.....faceboolits?

[Sasquatch-1]

If you look just above the messages at the top of the thread, there is a spot that says, "Rate This Thread". You can choose 1 of 5 ratings. Is this not sufficient?

[sharps4590]

That would be the thread in its entirety, correct? No, it isn't sufficient. One might like a particular post and dislike another in a thread.

[winelover]

We do have this option.

Winelover

[barnabus]

plz dont turn this site into a face book clone.likes are for kids and will bring the insecure out in droves posting nonsense to get attention.

[Finster101]

plz dont turn this site into a face book clone.likes are for kids and will bring the insecure out in droves posting nonsense to get attention.

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou!

[NSB]

A like button? Where do ya think you are.....faceboolits?

I like this answer. Put me down for a NO on the like button.

[Hossfly]

I like the idea of using the thread tools, and subscribe to a thread I (like) and get emails as to when someone comments, so I can just click on it and continue. Then later when I’m back up just click on user name then cp and subscriptions.

[remy3424]

I think if we put up a like button then we should have a Dislike button or a BS button as well. Just saying.

I would "like" this post. Getting "dislike" like might cut down on the nonsence threads and they could save those for their facebook accounts.

Something that is not needed here. "Dislike" selected for this thread.

[JimB..]

I in turn would have “liked” that post. But, I guess you wouldn’t have posted it if you “liked” it.

If we had a like button, I surmise, we’d be the likingest bunch of folks on the internet.

You are correct, I would not have posted, I would have just indicated that I agree with the statement by liking it.

In most threads there is both good and bad information posted. The threads on any legal issue are a disaster, annealing is a mess, alloying is often poorly explained or full of misinformation, and NFA posts are very confusing but I mostly blame that on the government. I don’t think it good to have an “unlike” button because of the potential for butt-hurt drama, but having a like button so that a reader can quickly get a sense of which posts align with the understanding of the community seems useful. Sure folks will get likes or not for posting stuff in the pit, that’s just a side effect and shouldn’t be an excuse to not consider the benefit in the core portions of the site. It’s a tool that didn’t exist before, but it does now.

[nicholst55]

Most of the other forums that I frequent have either been bought by the 1-2 big corporations that are buying web forums up, and then "new-and-improved" with new software, or just adopted the new software. IMHO, most of them suck. They all look virtually identical, and that gets boring. Granted, I spend too much time online. Personally, I can live without a 'Like' button. I'm old, cranky, and dislike change just for the sake of change. Keep it like it is, at least for as long as humanly possible!

[bedbugbilly]

If you see a post that you like and possibly want to go back to it to re-read, copy and paste it to Word or similar software to run off to save or similar . . . . easy enough to just "bookmarks it" . . . no different that bookmarking a specific site. Easy enough to set up a separate file in your bookmarks specifically for those.