# Displaying "Likes" more prominently

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-likes-more-prominently/42400
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [April 11, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-likes-more-prominently/42400 "2016-04-11T18:22:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![littke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/littke/32/121532_2.png) [@littke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/littke)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-likes-more-prominently/42400/1 "2016-04-11T18:22:16Z")

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Hey.

We use Discourse at [Lookback](http://lookback.io/), as an internal forum.

We use Likes to support and promote one another’s ideas and posts.

As such, a Like is an important component of the communication happening: it’s just as valuable as someone replying “I agree with this.” or “Sounds great” or “Let’s do it”.

### Problem

The Likes often go unnoticed, because:

- The Likes don’t make threads appear unread
- The Likes aren’t taking up a lot of visual impact (space & color)

### Proposed solution

- Left-align likes at the footer of each post
- Add a colored heart for posts that have likes, no color for posts that don’t
- Potentially display avatars right away (rather than on expansion)

You know your design constraints best, so this proposed solution is just a very quick recommendation.

Thanks!

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-likes-more-prominently/42400/2 "2016-04-11T18:34:28Z")

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Did you see this:

> [@Discourse Topic Voting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-feature-voting/40121):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse Topic Voting gives the ability to vote on topics in a specified category.[[1]](#footnote-173202-1)open_bookInstall Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. Features To enable it, edit any category, look on the settings tab for the “Allow users to vote on topics in this category” checkbox: Once enabled, a “Votes” item is available in the top menu. The topics in that category can be voted on w…

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### Author: ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-likes-more-prominently/42400/3 "2016-04-11T21:28:43Z")

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The icons can be easily styled using CSS  
[https://www.sitepoint.com/community/t/post-icons-and-usability/220546/20?u=mittineague](https://www.sitepoint.com/community/t/post-icons-and-usability/220546/20?u=mittineague)

I’m not so sure about showing the Likers by default, it could get a bit “noisy”

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/5/45734b3cff069b372bf7baba50467badf491c41a.png)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-likes-more-prominently/42400/4 "2016-04-11T22:55:54Z")

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> [@littke](#):
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> Add a colored heart for posts that have likes, no color for posts that don’t

Just a clarification, right now the heart _is_ colored if you personally liked the post. So the color signifies “I liked this one”.