I think this has been mulled over in the past, so feel free to refer me to O.L.D. threads, but I would value the introduction of a 'like' button or similar.  I use it a lot in FB, as I do the 'favourite' button in Twitter, whem I want to express my sympathy with a post but don't have anything much to add to it.  Has this been thrashed out in the past, or am I making it up?  If it hasn't, what are the arguments pro & con?

It has, and I think I suggested it at one point.

If I remember rightly the suggestion against it was (from a Teh POV) it could mean there's even less posts than usual.

I do still think it should be added though, similar to the "Thanks" feature on other BB software. That's if Matt has any interest these days about Beehive being an alternative to other software.

Perhaps we could introduce some kind of points/reward system for helpful posts. Perhaps with some kind of dragony theme to it.

Only if they have big cocks.  I insist.

This chap has a massive cock. Quite impressive. A lesser man might be intimidated, but I respect him for it.

Teh has always seemed busy enough to me; just at a more discursive pace than social media.  That's an essential of its charm and its value.

But it does add another option for courtesy to be able to express that you value or agree with a post, without adding a new post.  But it's no biggie.

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For what it's worth, I agree.

It's worth £58.60

= 5 brick

at current rates of exchange

Not as much as it used to be :(

I'd like a "don't like" button - though more for FB than here

The trouble with 'Like' is that it doesn't add anything to the discussion, really. When someone goes to the bother of actually posting "I agree" or ":D" or whatever, it may not add anything directly but it does then give an opportunity for the discussion to begin, or views to be challenged. Not sure that a Like button promotes discussion in the same way.

Don't be so hard on yourself, it was big enough to stop Greg sitting down for a week.

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I think this makes sense if there's a semi-nested structure to the discussion and the 'like'ing promotes popular posts to a more prominent position (like slashdot's system, which is really pretty similar to the facebook system though the organisation is different) but I don't see what sense it makes when applied to an essentially flat structure as we have here. I'd rather see a reply with :D or (nod) or "I agree.".

But yeah, wouldn't do any harm either other than possibly reducing the number of posts, as Ant says.

But yeah, if there's 'like' I'd really want 'dislike' too.

Emoticons broken or just me?

Just you, I can see them!

Perhaps if Matt was minded, he could pilot it & see whether & how it affected our intercourse.

I actually really dislike that about Reddit's format, to the extent that for the subreddit(s) I care about I always view them by recent posts first.