# Suppressing the word "likes" on posts
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [29 maart 2018 om 21:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178 "2018-03-29T21:39:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [5 april 2018 om 00:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/67 "2018-04-05T00:35:12Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Literally none of what you wrote is correct.
I read through the topic, clicking the ellipsis to see who liked isn’t any more intuitive than having two different actions depending on whether you click on the heart or the number. The target didn’t just get smaller, when I mouse over them they’re encapsulated by a single rectangle, which suggests they’re a single target.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [5 april 2018 om 00:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/68 "2018-04-05T00:37:59Z")
Ok, your feedback has been duly noted. Please re read what I wrote above, in terms of what feedback we are looking for. If you want to keep typing the same thing over and over, feel free, I guess?
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [5 april 2018 om 01:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/69 "2018-04-05T01:14:02Z")
FWIW, I think that since we now have the expand on `...`, we could potentially do away with the separate click target for the number altogether:
> [@mcwumbly](#):
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> make that number a smaller subscript to the right (i.e. styled even more similarly to FB/twitter etc.)
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### Author:  [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [5 april 2018 om 06:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/70 "2018-04-05T06:36:15Z")
Oh I missed kris proposal, I can probably implement this easily. @codinghorror do we want to do this or wait more ?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [5 april 2018 om 08:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/71 "2018-04-05T08:21:21Z")
Due to brand spanking new Apple bugs I have been using meta quite a bit as anon on mobile for the past few days. @techapj can you change it so we always show `...` if there is more than 0 likes (anon and otherwise), cause it has an actual action and is very easy to hit on mobile.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [5 april 2018 om 16:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/73 "2018-04-05T16:25:33Z")
Hmm I don’t agree we want to add a whole additional button to anon for this. That adds repeated noise when the whole goal is to _reduce_ repeated noise.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [5 april 2018 om 16:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/74 "2018-04-05T16:41:57Z")
> [@Gffp](#):
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> because it’s too easy to accidentally give a like clicking on the heart to see who liked a post,
Note that you can easily undo a like by clicking or tapping on the glyph again. To see who liked a post with less risk, press the ellipsis ….
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [5 april 2018 om 17:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/76 "2018-04-05T17:17:52Z")
Just press the ellipsis button under the post.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [5 april 2018 om 17:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/78 "2018-04-05T17:22:43Z")
It works the same on all posts, it will expand the likers. Assuming there is at least one like on the post of course.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [5 april 2018 om 17:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/80 "2018-04-05T17:30:30Z")
I guess it is because you are temporarily trust level zero and don’t yet have the flag action. You’ll need to read a bit more here to obtain trust level 1 (and read outside this topic).
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [5 april 2018 om 21:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/82 "2018-04-05T21:32:37Z")
The problem with anon though is both that they have no voice and that clicking on heart now triggers “login” modal, which I can not use cause I can no longer paste in my password in Safari View Controller, but I digress. So, from my usage if there is `1` heart on mobile it is probably around 50/50 that I will expand the login dialog which is mega annoying.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [5 april 2018 om 22:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/83 "2018-04-05T22:30:29Z")
Is it really common for anons to say “gee I just _gotta_ know who of these people on this forum I never signed up for, liked this particular post?” I am thinking … no. Plus we don’t generally prioritize (super rarely used) anon conveniences over basic goals like keeping the screen free of clutter.
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### Author:  [@featheredtoast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/featheredtoast)
#### Post date: [6 april 2018 om 16:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/84 "2018-04-06T16:41:56Z")
Is there a reason for the light/dark switch for the hover state? Seems like we’d want the like color to be the primary, regardless of if it’s light or dark.
All the other hover icons on that row glow primary regardless of theme, so the like number hover looks weird in comparison:
This gets it back in line:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/5743](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/5743)
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### Author:  [@HopscotchRemixer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HopscotchRemixer)
#### Post date: [13 april 2018 om 17:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/85 "2018-04-13T17:04:54Z")
I find it weird now how the like counter is shown as gray (as in you could like it) but you can’t like if it is your post. The fact that it looks like you can like a post of yours but you actually can’t is weird, especially considering you click on it normally to like a post of someone else’s. I just recommend removing the eart if it is your own post.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [13 april 2018 om 17:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/86 "2018-04-13T17:11:50Z")
@HopscotchRemixer moved your post here. Please see existing discussion above.
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### Author:  [@HopscotchRemixer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HopscotchRemixer)
#### Post date: [13 april 2018 om 17:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/87 "2018-04-13T17:13:11Z")
Ok thank you…I just find the layout weird, because it looks like an unlocked post normally
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [13 april 2018 om 18:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/88 "2018-04-13T18:31:33Z")
What if the heart on your own posts is already in the “liked” state by default? Is a permanent self-like more or less confusing than not being able to like your own posts? (reddit for example, defaults a reply with an upvote… which I don’t feel any particular way about. The only difference here would be that you couldn’t remove it).
Removing the heart entirely doesn’t really fly, because the number on its own doesn’t represent anything.
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### Author:  [@daydreamer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daydreamer)
#### Post date: [13 april 2018 om 18:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/89 "2018-04-13T18:56:53Z")
I realise you are trying to make things simpler but i believe taking away the word ‘Likes’ makes it less personal, it means much more to users to see the word LIkes instead of just a number, making it just a number i my opinion is depersonalising the forum, the word likes is unique to the forum and gives it character and a touch of class. thanks.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [13 april 2018 om 20:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/90 "2018-04-13T20:06:40Z")
> [@awesomerobot](#):
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> What if the heart on your own posts is already in the “liked” state by default?
We had that for a bit and @sam objected strongly to it; I think I agree because it obfuscates which posts you actually liked.
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### Author:  [@gdpelican](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gdpelican)
#### Post date: [13 april 2018 om 21:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178/91 "2018-04-13T21:25:04Z")
I’ve been having a tough time with this recently; I think the ‘number’ and the ‘heart’ are too close together, and the fact that they’re pressed together into one button-y thing in the interface:
makes it feel super odd, because clicking one half of the button does one thing, while clicking the other half of the button does another. It’s also well below my ‘fat finger’ threshold on mobile, so I end up liking a lot of things I didn’t mean to.
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