# About thumbs up and down in ask.discourse
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-thumbs-up-and-down-in-ask-discourse/412289
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** ai, ai-bot
**Created:** [September 12, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-thumbs-up-and-down-in-ask-discourse/412289 "2026-09-12T18:41:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-thumbs-up-and-down-in-ask-discourse/412289/1 "2026-09-12T18:41:41Z")
I wonder if there are plans to make it a feature available to everyone, or any implementation guide?
Is the result of each report automated for moderation? I think it’s an indispensable tool for monitoring what happens with AI in our forums, and I really like how they’ve implemented it here.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-thumbs-up-and-down-in-ask-discourse/412289/2 "2026-09-12T19:05:01Z")
Thumbs up are likes, thumbs down are flags, nothing fancy to be honest.
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### Author:  [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-thumbs-up-and-down-in-ask-discourse/412289/3 "2026-09-12T19:23:08Z")
> [@Falco](#):
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> Thumbs up are likes, thumbs down are flags, nothing fancy to be honest.
I see, I should have paid better attention and/or given a thumbs down to see it on my own. Thanks for the reply!
To make this post make more sense → Maybe a **thumbs up/down graph/queue** sounds good in the future, independent of moderation, which could be viewed from the admin panel and called elsewhere.
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### Author:  [@AdamWargon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamWargon)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-thumbs-up-and-down-in-ask-discourse/412289/4 "2026-09-12T19:44:18Z")
As far as I know, @codinghorror deliberately avoided the thumbs-down option when first designing Discourse, in order to facilitate dialogue. In order to promote positive human connection, rather than technically accurate Q&A.
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### Author:  [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-thumbs-up-and-down-in-ask-discourse/412289/5 "2026-09-12T20:02:19Z")
> [@AdamWargon](#):
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> As far as I know, @codinghorror deliberately avoided the thumbs-down option when first designing Discourse, in order to facilitate dialogue. In order to promote positive human connection, rather than technically accurate Q&A.
Cool. And I am agree with him, this is about monitoring AI replies.