"Likes" Enhancement

[Aeolus451]

Johnw1104 said:

Aeolus451 said:
The whole point of a like/dislike feature is being able to conveniently agree anonymously. It's needed for controversial posts.

Instead of like system, why not go with "I agree" and "I disagree"?

I disagree with that anonymous bit... If you feel strongly enough to have an opinion about it, openly state and explain it, as anonymous "like/dislike" is both lazy and possesses no value. As we've seen plenty on the downvote option of the articles posted to this site, it will otherwise devolve into people simply downvoting anything they don't care for, regardless of how valid the post actually was. Those poor, poor Xbox fans... :p

I can live with a "like", but I'm whole-heartedly against the addition of any "dislikes" or "I disagree" options.

Anonymity allows for true honesty. The vast majority of people won't be honest if they know that they'll be persecuted for agreeing with a person who expressed a dissenting opinion. It's one of the reasons why we protect the identity of voters  and who they voted for from being public. 

We can agree to disagree on a dislike option.