Mystery liker

That's true David, so if we had a dislike button we could have a serial disliker. It's a pity points are gained for likes unfortunately it's just an occasional person who makes a mockery of the system.

Write your comments here...I'm just requoting so as not to tick the like button but now I think about it just posting about liking or posting has the same effect! Oh bother, just forget it, Brue.

I believe that many "like" a thread to boost their stars, and post inane post for the same reason. Would be better if star points was issued by how many likes your post receives.

If you scan through the “Latest Activity” list, you will see who the “Likers” are and, occasionally, evidence of “serial liking”. “Likes” are about 40% of activity, so they are not insignificant, but they are pretty harmless.

I would love someone to explain to me honestly what the big thing is with the 'likes', a few times a year there's a thread about 'likers' & their habits-why the vitriol, why the anger?. No one gains from them & no one loses. I just don't understand it

Don't we need agree and disagree buttons if we have like/dislike ones? After all you can 'like' a post for lots of reasons without necessarily agreeing totally with the content! My belief, like K, is that we don't really need any buttons at all, just words (Or no words)!

I believe that many "like" a thread to boost their stars, and post inane post for the same reason. Would be better if star points was issued by how many likes your post receives.

A solution I have proposed on a couple of occasions in the past.

I believe that many "like" a thread to boost their stars, and post inane post for the same reason. Would be better if star points was issued by how many likes your post receives.

A solution I have proposed on a couple of occasions in the past.

 Would be better if this Whole Star Nonsense was done away with altogether, IMO a childist reward.

If I start a thread (approximately annually) then I 'like' all the replies as a sort of polite acknowledgement of the time and trouble people have taken to post an answer or comment. 

I don't think the current system harms anyone so I would leave it be. Stars IMO are really an irrelevance.  I believe a dislike button could be decisive so on no account should it be added, the trolls would have a field day

If I like a comment I click like, didn't realise you got stars for it, personally would have thought the person who gets the like should be the one to benefit but as its only stars if someone wants mine you can have them. I mean the stars mean nothing, you could have someone post continually in a thread like two word story or the others to do with film or songs to gain stars if they so wish but actually contribute very little to a discussion. I prefer to see what someone has to say, as many a post I've read has confirmed someone might have plenty of brightly coloured stars but it doesn't mean there necessary worth taking much notice of.