# Missing icon for likes on archived topics
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-icon-for-likes-on-archived-topics/120452
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [June 15, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-icon-for-likes-on-archived-topics/120452 "2019-06-15T12:26:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@traceymoko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/traceymoko)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-icon-for-likes-on-archived-topics/120452/1 "2019-06-15T12:26:57Z")
I noticed this for a bit but forgot to report. On archived topics, the like count is shown on posts, but with no icon. I think it’s not clear that it refers to likes. (I was expecting maybe a greyed out heart to indicate you can’t like) Though you can still click on it to view the avatars underneath.
---
### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-icon-for-likes-on-archived-topics/120452/2 "2019-06-15T13:48:06Z")
I see, good find, this appears for anons when viewing the topic
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-bulk-organize-users-into-groups/19426](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-bulk-organize-users-into-groups/19426)
We should fix this your Monday @sam
---
### Author:  [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-icon-for-likes-on-archived-topics/120452/3 "2019-06-17T01:35:29Z")
Isn’t it intentional?
> [@Like button not appearing on archived topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-button-not-appearing-on-archived-topics/106573/7):
>
> That topic is archived and we hide the like button for archived topics. For more information about topic status see [Understanding closed, unlisted, and archived topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-closed-unlisted-and-archived-topics/51238)
> [@Understanding closed, unlisted, and archived topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-closed-unlisted-and-archived-topics/51238/1):
>
> Disables likes.
---
### Author:  [@traceymoko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/traceymoko)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-icon-for-likes-on-archived-topics/120452/4 "2019-06-17T01:51:23Z")
Yeah I am aware that liking is disabled on archived topics. However the number for the like count by itself seems confusing. I think previously, the button used to say “3 Likes” for example, whereas now it just has “3”.
---
### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-icon-for-likes-on-archived-topics/120452/6 "2019-06-17T07:11:34Z")
Previously on archived topics we were not showing Like counts at all for anons. That behaviour changed (regressed) after this commit:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/47995d2d899da4a0726ef3b9004bcfd4edf7e9b1](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/47995d2d899da4a0726ef3b9004bcfd4edf7e9b1)
@codinghorror should we continue showing Like count (with proper icon) on archived topics, or remove the count like we used to do earlier?
---
### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2019, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-icon-for-likes-on-archived-topics/120452/7 "2019-06-17T08:56:08Z")
> [@techAPJ](#):
>
> we were not showing Like counts at all for anons. That behaviour changed (regressed) after this commit:
Surely that has always been a bug? We just never noticed since archive is such a rare state in the wild.
---
### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2019, 10:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-icon-for-likes-on-archived-topics/120452/8 "2019-06-17T10:58:56Z")
I am unclear, is the bug fixed now?
---
### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2019, 11:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-icon-for-likes-on-archived-topics/120452/9 "2019-06-17T11:02:55Z")
It’s not fixed. What’s happening now is that there is no Like icon showing up for anon on archived posts, just the count. I will fix that to show (un-clickable) ❤ icon as well next to count.
Another bug I noticed is that for logged in users Like icon is not showing up on first post next to count (example [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-bulk-organize-users-into-groups/19426)). Will fix that as well.
---
### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-icon-for-likes-on-archived-topics/120452/10 "2019-06-17T17:11:52Z")
PR is up at
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/7775](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/7775)
EDIT: PR is merged.
---
### Author:  [@traceymoko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/traceymoko)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-icon-for-likes-on-archived-topics/120452/11 "2019-06-23T00:12:49Z")
Thank you so much. 😊 I tested archiving a topic and viewing from anon, and there was the like icon next to the count
---
### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-icon-for-likes-on-archived-topics/120452/12 "2019-07-14T00:10:21Z")