| RolStoppable said: ...but in order to get a genuine "like", it would take an approach where a user has to write good posts. |
No, in order to get a genuine like you would make some meme post, or dogpile on someone else who has an opinion in the minority. They serve no purpose other than distracting from the content of the conversation by reinforcing whichever 'side' of an argument has the most popular opinion, regardless of the content of the argument itself.
Take this for example. Can you expect an honest to goodness serious debate about politics to not have people "liking" the posts which back their own political preference regardless of the quality of content in the post itself? What is the point of that?
Similarly, what is the point of Sony fans liking pro-Sony posts, Nintendo fans liking pro-Nintendo posts, Microsoft fans liking pro-Microsoft posts? What does that actually accomplish? How does a discussion improve by having these "like" buttons?
Last edited by Megiddo - on 17 April 2018
