Mystery liker

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I am with Furball above.  I log on and have a look at CT occasionally  and if I am reading a thread and see something that I agree withe or like what someone is saying I will like and perhaps comment - too scared to do much more when you see some threads  I was unaware that if I liked a particular comment that it meant a star for me - was unaware of the meaning of stars.   I might be the mystery liked  without knowing that.  Apologies if I am. Elaine

Dont  fret  about  it  Elaine  Its  a  foible  of  this  blooming  system  not  something  we  on  here  can  choose  to  do  or  not  do !

You  carry  on  using  the  C T as  you  wish  to,  just  like  the  rest  of  us 

As  for  the  "Stars"  they  are  a  meaningless  irrelevance  and  of  no  real  value  except  to  the  folks  who  want  to  leave  the  Universe  &  see  stars  of  their  own  !!

Don't worry Elaine unfortunately like much of CT it's much ado about nothing 

I do think we should be able to see who has 'liked) a post by clicking the words '8 people liked this' (or however many) - a bit like you can do on Facebook.  It would make it a bit more obvious to identify a serial 'liker' and might deter a serial liker, if he/she knew they would be very easily spotted.

I do think it is nice to get likes - everyone likes to be appreciated - but perhaps they ought not to count towards 'stars'.

David 

I don't have problem with the recipient. If they get a 'like' they have earned it. The "liker" has done nothing.

The only way you can like a post is by opening up a discussion and reading what has been written there. Some comments are quite long and can take a long time to read. Other comments are shorter. However, the overall discussion is often quite lengthy, so that anyone who likes would have to spend a lot of time going through the various posts before they could click the like button. If you like a post you just get one point. I think those who have taken the trouble to read and understand what has been written and have clicked the like button as an acknowledgement of that, surely deserve to receive the one point that they have earned. The like also serves as a reminder of where you got to in reading a discussion, so that you don't re-read what you have already read.

The only way you can like a post is by opening up a discussion and reading what has been written there.

Not really Malc.To a serial 'liker', its just a case of opening the pages and click, click, click, click, no intention of reading the content or having an interest in the topic.

Likes" can be abused by Cliques to support fellow clique members.  We have seen "likes" being awarded to a post with no text just a smiley.  So it would appear that it is the name which is being liked not the post.

Best to discontinue Likes as it is obviously being abused.

K

Wonder how many stars have been earned on this subject which has been flogged to death