# Voting vs Likes for feature requests

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-vs-likes-for-feature-requests/101146>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [November 2, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-vs-likes-for-feature-requests/101146 "2018-11-02T15:13:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![mtan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@mtan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mtan)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-vs-likes-for-feature-requests/101146/1 "2018-11-02T15:13:37Z")

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We have a feature request category and I would like to hear personal experiences in using voting vs likes. Here’s what I have:

Voting

- controlled
- can be more accurate
- but can add friction, no sort by, less visible

Likes

- more flexible
- more common UX
- built in sort and column view
- but not accurate and true voting representation

Did you find that going with the more strict voting feature worked especially if you are doing roadmaps?

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