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[Heliosurge (Dan DeMontmorency)]

Discourse Reactions plugins can allow you to change Likes to have more than just like. Ie you could change it to

Discourse Reactions - Beyond Likes

Bored of likes in discourse? Here’s something you will definitely love. Overview Discourse-reactions is a plugin that allows user to add their reactions to the post. This plugin can engage more audiences to the post. Users who may not have previously wanted to Like your content are now able to send more specific signals about how your content makes them feel. Users who may not have wanted to use their phones to post can now use them to “react” much easier. Reactions can be different on each w…

It will make counts on each reaction type. You might be able to have some kind of query.