# Likes! Are they satisfing your forum craving?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/likes-are-they-satisfing-your-forum-craving/29968>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [June 13, 2015, 10:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/likes-are-they-satisfing-your-forum-craving/29968 "2015-06-13T10:46:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 11:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/likes-are-they-satisfing-your-forum-craving/29968/2 "2015-06-13T11:02:27Z")

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[quote=“Webinsane, post:1, topic:29968”]  
Are they really enough to mark the post content quality?  
[/quote]90% of the time they are, yes.

[quote=“Webinsane, post:1, topic:29968”]  
Are we that closed-minded to have everything based on liking system.  
[/quote]It’s not closed-mindedness, it’s _good design_.

Option abundancy…

- Stresses the user’s eyes
- Causes decision anxiety
- Dilutes data
- Creates endless discussions about the options that _should_ exist. “Where’s _insightful_!?”

I’ve seen many more cases of a “post opinion” system failing than succeeding.

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