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TalonMan said:
potato_hamster said:

I think you overestimate the mindset of many of the users of this site. Time will tell I suppose. I hope you're right on this one.

LOL!!!

Well, I didn't mean to imply ALL users had common sense...   :P

...but I would hope that any line of thinking that started down the "look at all my likes" path, would be crushed so quickly that it wouldn't matter. But, as you said, let's give it some time and see how it goes.

 

Rol said:

This is an argument that I see repeatedly from people who tend to hold unreasonable opinions. I suppose those people are aware of what they post, therefore a like system would tip the scale against them. Once their own posts show little to no likes while counter-arguments have lots of likes, it would be hard to sway people on the fence with FUD. Without a like system, any longer argument would appear to be balanced between both sides, essentially giving the impression that both sides are equally valid; a like system, however, could do away with such a perception quickly because observers of the argument wouldn't be completely invisible anymore.


Case in point. Apparently people's whose posts don't have likes have unreasonable opinions vs those with more likes.