we have got rid of the thumbs down button

[AlbacoreA]

Oddball

Got it in one.

 

[Brendan Burgess]

as we nearly had another row over it today, I have zapped the dislike button. You can now either like a post or laugh at it.

 

[daheff]

i'm all for keeping the dislike button. too often i see on other platforms (like boards, instagram, twitter) where its been removed that absolute nonsense (or scam links) can be heavily upvoted( by bots and others) so that some posts can seem correct....even when anybody with an ounce of sense can see they aren't.

 

[hazelgreen]

I never realised there was a 'dislike' button.

 

[odyssey06]

I don't think bots and scam links are an issue on AAM thankfully, combination of lower profile site versus twitter etc and vigilant mods.
I'd prefer them dealt with that way than rely on community downvoting.

 

[Brendan Burgess]

that absolute nonsense (or scam links) can be heavily upvoted( by bots and others) so that some posts can seem correct....even when anybody with an ounce of sense can see they aren't.

Let me know when you see an example of this on askaboutmoney.

The like buttons are not used that often and they don't result in the post being "upvoted" to a more prominent position.

 

[GSheehy]

I would have thought that the like button was important to those that use the forum as those 'likes' are reflected in the reaction scores (on profiles), so users can see who other posters consider as being regularly helpful in their replies/contributions.