AIBU to think a "like" button would be great on the threads?

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I have a very strange sleep pattern and often wake up at unsociable hours. I love reading through AIBU but by this time most of the discussions have run their course. I'm currently crying laughing at comments on the "Breastfed Baby on Board" and "Husband Hobbies" threads. There's no point replying to the funny comments near the beginning as the posters will probably not see them but I'd love to give them a thumbs up for brightening my day (night!). I'm thinking along the lines of the (whispers) Daily Mail arrow system. Please don't hate me!

No thank you. It's not Facebook. If there were up and down arrows I think that would be even worse. I can also imagine that it wouldn't take long before there would be muttering about "MN Royalty" getting more likes than anyone else.

Before I used MN I used a US forum that had like buttons.

It sounds good in theory in practice it is annoying. On here you get notifications for private messages and nothing else.

Imagine going on here and seeing loads of daily notifications that someone liked your post. It's irritating and you can get get several likes for one post obviously so see loads of notifications for the same thing.

The thing id like to see is proper quotations for posts.

Nope. Nope nope nope. It's a conversation. If you really want to connect, send a PM. If it's early enough, @ them. Or just agree. But no no no to a Like button.

A personal connection is nice but Likes (or heaven forfend up/down buttons) are a popularity competition and that's not cool.

Noooo! I'd get too worried and self-critical if no-one "liked" my posts. (I avoid FB for similar reasons!)

I think YABU, it would replace some of the actual discussion. I know I'd be tempted to just like everything instead of replying!

Quote function, yes. Likes, no.

No, no like button, I'm antisocial enough as it is so it's good that I'm forced to interact properly on here.

Quote function? No, thanks. Couldn't cope with all the indentation.

God no.

Was thinking exactly the same only yesterday!!

No way.

Life seems to be turning into some giant kindergarten where even the most mundane of actions deserves a pat on the back and a yell of "good job!"

So that's almost a unanimous I'm BU. Is this the bit where I shout at you all for answering my question and flounce off?

Ha! You could flounce off, or you could continue to say why it is in fact a great idea and everyone else is wrong. And then start angrily quoting people?

CauliflowerSqueeze here, have a like!

I'd like one so Yanbu!

I'd like one because so often someone else writes what I want to write, but better, and it'd be so much easier to just press like than duplicate it with different words.

I've no insecurity issues whatsoever so wouldn't care if my comment got no likes. I'd just assume no one agreed with me, which as a big girl, I can handle.

I think I'm probably far too neurotic to cope with a like button.

There would be much wringing of hands on my part!

As the very first post said - the popular posters would all be liking each others comments rather than them being used genuinely.

Yabu to not flounce off. you are also being unreasonable to want a like button.

I'd like a hide poster button though

I think as well on the more sensitive threads it would be hard. A poster might be posting about something they are doing 'wrong' and might listen to one poster who gives them a no nonsense reply a la AnyFucker. They might listen. But if that reply gets 4000 likes and theirs gets none, they will feel put upon and disliked.

Please no! You only have to look at the comments sections of the media to see all the multiple accounts frantically "liking" their comments in order to push them up to the top of the list.

The bots, shills and sockpuppets would have a field day!

Is this the bit where I shout at you all for answering my question and flounce off?

Ha ha... no, you say how much you "like" all our posts, of course!

I still would like a function to highlight annoying posters - that way I won't get wound up by them over and over again.