Displaying "Likes" more prominently

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The discussion revolves around making “Likes” more prominent in the Discourse forum. littke suggests that likes are valuable components of communication, but often go unnoticed due to lack of visual impact. A proposed solution includes left-aligning likes at the footer of each post, adding a colored heart for liked posts, and displaying avatars immediately. However, Mittineague raises concerns that showing likers by default could make the interface “noisy”. Additionally, codinghorror clarifies that the colored heart currently signifies a personal like, rather than the post having received likes.

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Hey.

We use Discourse at Lookback, 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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Did you see this:

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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

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

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

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