After you hit the :heart: button below a post, a timer begins after which you can no longer revert that action. I don’t know how long that is, but five to ten minutes it seems. A user created a topic and has been in the habit of “liking” (:heart:) every follow-up. And then today realized that one o…

The admin can increase post undo action window mins temporarily if needed.

So: increase timer, ask user to unlike, then reset timer. And in the meantime (haha), it’s open for everyone to unlike if they want (but they won’t know)?

Staff should be exempt from the post undo action window. Maybe a feature for future addition?

Even if they were, there’s no UI to remove a specific like which isn’t your own. That’s quite a lot of engineering instead of “look before you like”.

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codinghorror (Jeff Atwood) 5월 7, 2019, 11:52오전 6

It’s interesting how rarely this has come up. I agree the workaround is a bit awkward, but.. it’s so rare.

글		댓글	조회수
What's the reason for the time limit to 'un-like' a post? Support	1	1345	7월 17, 2019
Removing a Like? Feature	4	2460	10월 2, 2015
At what point can you no longer like or unlike a post? Support	8	3914	9월 17, 2018
Can't unlike comment? Support	2	1881	7월 17, 2020
Lost ability to undo own 'like' mark on a post Support	1	506	11월 18, 2021

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