# Double Likes... as a feature! **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [2014年八月19日 03:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-likes-as-a-feature/19028 "2014-08-19T03:47:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Matches](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Matches](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matches)\ **Post date:** [2014年八月19日 03:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-likes-as-a-feature/19028/1 "2014-08-19T03:47:20Z")
> [@](#): > > It is times like these that I regret the double like bug has been fixed. Maybe we should ask for it as a site wide option? > [@](#): > > Dear Jeff, > > You know how we make fun of you for your bugs? > > Well we want a bug back. > > It was fun. > > Regards, > TDWTF Users ---
**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:** [2014年八月19日 04:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-likes-as-a-feature/19028/2 "2014-08-19T04:10:37Z")
Discourse is open-source. If you really like that bug for your forum it shouldn’t be that much trouble to roll back to pre-fix no? ---
**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:** [2014年八月19日 04:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-likes-as-a-feature/19028/3 "2014-08-19T04:44:20Z")
I know [techreport.com](http://techreport.com) has a feature where you actually do get the right to double and even triple vote posts if you become a gold paying member: [http://techreport.com/blog/26153/introducing-tr-subscriptions](http://techreport.com/blog/26153/introducing-tr-subscriptions) > The power to upvote or downvote posts in the comments section as many as three times. So.. how much cash / flooz / stellars / linden dollars do you have on you right now @matches? ---
**Author:** ![Matches](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Matches](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matches)\ **Post date:** [2014年八月19日 05:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-likes-as-a-feature/19028/4 "2014-08-19T05:59:10Z")
Summoning @pjh to figure out this black magic for free! ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@DoctorJones](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DoctorJones)\ **Post date:** [2014年八月19日 08:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-likes-as-a-feature/19028/5 "2014-08-19T08:58:32Z")
Following that line of reasoning, perhaps Leaders could be given the ability to double like and Elders triple like, or something like that… * * * Filed under: Suggestions for version 1.1. ---
**Author:** ![PJH](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pjh/32/39071_2.png) [@PJH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PJH)\ **Post date:** [2014年八月19日 15:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-likes-as-a-feature/19028/6 "2014-08-19T15:44:49Z")
> [@DoctorJones](#): > > Following that line of reasoning, perhaps Leaders could be given the ability to double like and Elders triple like, or something like that… ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/6/e6dd6548dc1a60a7a16f4c4dc8130d76bd563e8a.png) ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@DoctorJones](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DoctorJones)\ **Post date:** [2014年八月19日 15:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-likes-as-a-feature/19028/7 "2014-08-19T15:51:05Z")
😮 ---
**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:** [2014年八月19日 18:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-likes-as-a-feature/19028/8 "2014-08-19T18:02:08Z")
That weighting is for topic summary mode, e.g. this: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/c/2c73d048fd8b3b6efcc6eff8b07e70fb6d8183f1.png) You’ll see that on any topic with more than 50 posts, it is the Reader’s Digest Condensed Version aka “Ain’t nobody got time to read all that!” mode. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/f/f701060ae0d9f3f47cc76a6be252136442fec79d.jpg) It’s still **one like** , it just counts more toward the “is this one of the more interesting posts in the topic” rating if it’s from staff. ---
**Author:** ![cipher1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cipher1/32/42613_2.png) [@cipher1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cipher1)\ **Post date:** [2014年八月19日 23:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-likes-as-a-feature/19028/9 "2014-08-19T23:01:49Z")
So the summary algorithm assumes that staff members are better able to judge what is important on a topic? For that to really work, the staff members better not be liking anything just because they like it, or because it made them laugh. Maybe discourse should warn staff members to only like post s which are most important to the topic. This could be done every few hundred likes, just to remind them that their likes have a heavier impact on the summary._\_ On a more serious note: why was this weighting even put in place? It doesn’t really make sense to weight likes for just staff. Realistically, it would make more sense if the likes were weighted on a graduated scale. Something along the lines of: - Level 0: weight factor 0.5 - Level 1: weight factor 0.75 - Level 2: weight factor 1 - Level 3: weight factor 1.5 - Level 4: weight factor 2 - Staff: weight factor 3 Of course, for that to really work, the applicable weight factor would have to be stored as part of the like. That way a user shifting between trust levels wouldn’t affect the summary of a topic. ---
**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:** [2014年八月19日 23:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-likes-as-a-feature/19028/10 "2014-08-19T23:02:59Z")
Weighting by trust level could also make sense for this metric, I agree with that. A like by a brand new user isn’t worth as much as one from a TL3. ---
**Author:** ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)\ **Post date:** [2025年十二月4日 11:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-likes-as-a-feature/19028/11 "2025-12-04T11:31:42Z")