# “Like” sensitivity on meta
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-sensitivity-on-meta/271131
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** mobile
**Created:** [July 10, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-sensitivity-on-meta/271131 "2023-07-10T15:35:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@piffy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/piffy)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-sensitivity-on-meta/271131/1 "2023-07-10T15:35:08Z")
Is it just me or is it extremely easy to accidentally “like” a post while scrolling on meta? The position of the heart is horizontally aligned right where I swipe and it seems even a light interaction with the icon creates a like. I do not have the same issue on my forum despite the position being the same.
I’m currently using the Android PWA app.
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-sensitivity-on-meta/271131/2 "2023-07-10T16:14:24Z")
oh yes the screen sensitivity has gotten me a few times on Meta - especially in desktop view with the way it’s layed out.
there is a recent similar topic discussion and even a known bug:
> [@Discourse Reactions accidental likes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-reactions-accidental-likes/263412):
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> I’ve noticed that the Reaction button seems to react incorrectly to events on mobile. Starting to drag at the reaction button will generate a click event, making it very easy to accidentally click.
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### Author:  [@piffy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/piffy)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-sensitivity-on-meta/271131/3 "2023-07-10T19:45:58Z")
Glad to know I’m not just gaslighting myself and this is a common experience 🙂
Seems like the issue is with the reaction plugin, which agrees with how long I’ve been experiencing this problem on meta. My forum does not use the reaction plugin so another piece of evidence.
Ultimately this issue isn’t affecting my forum but I can say it’s pretty jarring find a post I accidentally liked here without realizing, combined with the default setting that prevents unlikes after a certain period of time.
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-sensitivity-on-meta/271131/4 "2023-07-10T21:00:01Z")
I’ve experienced this too on mobile. The like button is literally there my thumb is scrolling. Which is great if I want to like things as its super convenient but then again annoying If I like things by mistake. Personally, this is a trivial issue that I can live with as I usually notice if I have liked something or not.
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-sensitivity-on-meta/271131/5 "2023-07-13T13:26:12Z")
I don’t have this issue, but a slightly different one. When I want to like, it triggers the link button next to it instead.
When it’s in a category where we can click the solve button, Sometimes it triggers the solve the topic instead of liking the post.
But if nobody has the same experience, I’ll consider I just have clumsy fingers 🙃
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### Author:  [@jesus2099](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesus2099)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-sensitivity-on-meta/271131/6 "2023-07-13T13:38:23Z")
On touch screen it seems that (only) the likes are triggered on the equivalent of mouse down (touchstart?), rather than on the equivalent of mouse click (touch?) (like the hyperlinks or the other buttons in the same toolbar).
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### Author:  [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-sensitivity-on-meta/271131/7 "2023-07-13T13:39:17Z")
I hadn’t noticed before.
But i can indeed reproduce this too, the reaction “button” seems to be more “sensitive” to clicks than other UI elements.
My non-technical guess: it is using an event listener instead of relying on (in my case) iOS registering a valid click/touch.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-sensitivity-on-meta/271131/8 "2023-07-14T08:34:11Z")
As this has previously been reported, let’s close this topic off in favour of the other so we can better keep track. 👍
> [@Discourse Reactions accidental likes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-reactions-accidental-likes/263412):
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> I’ve noticed that the Reaction button seems to react incorrectly to events on mobile. Starting to drag at the reaction button will generate a click event, making it very easy to accidentally click.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-sensitivity-on-meta/271131/9 "2023-07-14T08:34:16Z")
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### Author:  [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2023, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-sensitivity-on-meta/271131/10 "2023-07-17T11:26:30Z")
On the other topic 🙂
> [@Discourse Reactions accidental likes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-reactions-accidental-likes/263412/11):
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> This should be fixed by these two commits:
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> [FIX: prevents triggering a reaction while scrolling by jjaffeux · Pull Request #224 · discourse/discourse-reactions · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-reactions/pull/224) [DEV: adds `touchMove` support for widgets by jjaffeux · Pull Request #22635 · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/22635)