Like button with reason why

[yuyuyup]

I wish I could leave a note with a like ("thanks, this old answer helped" or "great question")
it might help declutter threads without derailing main discussion

 

[Scarlet]

I'd assume this is more work than really worthwhile to implement given it's something I doubt many people would be interested in.

That being said, it is a genuinely nice idea. Good job on that one, you have my support lol

 

[FAST6191]

We have one already, indeed technically two.
It is called the reply button or the quote button.

From where I sit the only thing it would help serve is "you like this" dilemma in response to someone starting a thread and their day plays like an old school country song wherein death and destruction was enough to make a Rambo film directed by Quentin Tarantino say steady on there lad.


That said my opinions on the likes system (get rid of it, first thing I would do if I took over the forum or maybe second if losing post counts was going to be easier) have previously been documented.

 

[CMDreamer]

I wish I could leave a note with a like ("thanks, this old answer helped" or "great question")
it might help declutter threads without derailing main discussion

Some time ago, there was a suggestion from a user to add a reason of why a thread got locked/closed by mods.
I think it is a good idea so to provide more clear information to GBATempers (users).

But this (a "Like" with a comment), imo, is not necessary as we can actually post an answer and add a greeting/thanks/like to our comment, if we don't want to add a comment then we just click the "Like" icon and that's it, that's the "Like" icon purpose, nothing more. We need to keep it simple, and as clear (informative) as possible.