# Is "liking" a post too intimidating?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-liking-a-post-too-intimidating/37695>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [Janeiro 10, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-liking-a-post-too-intimidating/37695 "2016-01-10T02:53:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![purldator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)\
**Post date:** [Janeiro 10, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-liking-a-post-too-intimidating/37695/19 "2016-01-10T17:59:16Z")

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> [@ccdw](#):
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> I’m not sure we understanding differentiation fully at any level, probably least of all between ape and man - although I offer this input having followed both Dawkins and Fukuyama and consequently sit somewhere between knowledge and confusion. Not wishing to deviate off topic, perhaps a discussion for another time?

Sure. I be game for that. I like to learn and listen. Despite how I may come across. 😁

> [@ccdw](#):
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> That’s all very well, but isn’t the aim to develop a mechanism that guides the user’s behaviour rather than relying on human intervention?

Ahh. I think there be a differentiating definition here, unspoken between us.

Let me attempt to explain mine.

It _sounds_ like your experience with Discourse’s likes has failed, devastating kind of fail. Say, if you were to quantify this as a percentage on average “work rate” that satisfies you, with 0% working not at all, at _all_ and 100% would mean you would not have entered this topic with your concerns about Discourse’s likes to begin with. Where does it fall for _you_ right now? Based on your observations? What Discourse-based communities have you seen, that as a sum, would equal this average percentage I ask to know from your POV. Does not have to be accurate. This is all based on “feels”.

Form what I have seen, my brutally honest percentage, based on all Discourse-based communities I have taken at least more than ten minutes to study, would be 80-85%. Up to 90% if the community is very cordial, and the user-base vetted in some fashion. Maybe 70% if the community in question has a reputation for a lot of “individuals” and not so much “team players” (Geek/Gamer/Fandom culture comes to mind for this as example).

I think the likes are great. That 20 or so percent, I can work with. That is Human Nature no one can truly control.

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