On many forums there is the option to "like" what somebody has said, whether it be the OP's thread or any of the responses to that thread, and it says how many people/who liked it.

Just thought it would be a cool little feature for agreeing with someones words :]

Rather than making a "like" button that would just be free advertising for the questionable Facebook organization, a different option would be to add a "thanks" button, as in, This user found this post helpful (got the thanks button idea from a weed site that uses it and it's nice).

Perhaps a 5-star rating scale or a "I found this post helpful" button. I think it would also be neat to have a Facebook structure on the DMT-Nexus with anonymity.

This has been suggested several times.
In my opinion, this would create circlejerking behaviour: People anticipating what could be be possible and then, consciously ob subconsciously trying to write that. I also do not think that these virtual rewards are any good. If i like something someone has to say, i tell him that ...this is worth more than a click on a "thank you" button....

This is exactly how I feel about the matter.

Something like this might seem to make sense inside of some discussion threads, as an Agree - Disagree button, to help reflect the impressions of people visiting and reading the thread but not posting, and then have a more visual overall outcome of the discussion and whatnot. The problem would be an over-simplification of the communication. Some people might turn lazy and write less, we would miss out (and misunderstand) a lot of nuances and middle grounds...

I know it's easy to feel like leaving fast, one-click acknowledgement or mini-feedback, out of the good vibes and all, but actually one of the things I like the most about the nexus is the fact it asks for a communication effort, and I think that's for our own good.

So no, the idea might seem innocent and attractive but I cannot really like it.

Why would you want to discourage active communication?
And: Why do i need to see an overall "outcome" of a thread....what's that anyways..an "outcome". And: Why would people who did not write anything be allowed to vote?

I see this on reddit all the time...you write a comment and it gets downvoted...you don't know why. This is creating nothing but anger and is a recipe for desaster and alsso endless pun-threads.

The last thing I want is to discourage active communication. I think you got me wrong... I used that only as an example of one the reasons that someone might bring in favor of implementing an Agree-Disagree button. But my point after that was that doing so would oversimplify communication and polarize people.

And no, I don't want that, so I don't like the "Like" idea.

We need a disagree button so I can hit ot for this thread.

Sorry for causing trouble with my suggestion guys, I didn't think this was such a big deal.

I don't feel like it discourages active communication, it only does if you let it. Active communication is up to you to partake in, if you like it, then do it!

I appreciate the helpful input.

haha.

I am not in favor of the Like thing what-so-ever for reasons obliguhl articulated.
It is so linear. Who cares if you like it or not? What if you agree with parts, and disagree with others? To me the Nexus doesn't need this obsolete function.

Be creative and use your mind to form language and actively use each other to move forward with ideas.

This could generate a lot of attention seeking behavior...next we would see youtube-like comments : thumbs up if xxxxxxx