I believe a like button is a great idea. And a star system for helpful members is even better.

 

 

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Funny, 2 of the members that are truly insightful and would reap deserving adulation don't want it, Fun71 and Koda.

Their modesty just validates why their advice should be considered more than most.

Exactly.


Maybe an option that states not ratable. As this would explain why some of the best members don't have a rating...

Keep in mind naysayers, instant validation for browsing casuals is a net positive. Once well versed in a forum it doesn't really matter. Joe P could have 1000 likes and a 5 star out of 5 rating and it wouldn't matter to many of us. We already know we can count on his word. However I will give an example of its usefulness. I am a casual observer on a Corvette forum. And I could tell who the very knowledgeable and respected members are via rating and correspondence with other members, fairly quickly. Who's information I could run with. Proof checking it only confirmed my initial impression. Because of that if I became a member. I would know better than randomly bumping heads with certain individuals. And incurring push back by fellow members for overly questioning someone who's forgotten more than most know.

 

This is what happens when you subject an idea to the machinations of a committee.

 

I'm not sure a like button would really benefit anyone. Being reluctant to change and not being a member of facebook or anything else like that I am not familiar with what "like" really, really, means so I voted no. Call me old timer I guess.

 

Hahaha!

For this one, if we had a like button, I'd be like...

 

I don't like the like button.

 

Did you like Ike?

(Edit: you were probably two or less in 1952, so perhaps before your time.)

 

I like Ike! Served four years on CVN69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

 

I was 6 in 1952. Yes I liked Ike. Just think about the power he had in his lifetime. Five-star general (only in a time of war) and the Supreme Allied Commander and then a two-term president. I actually have a real "I Like Ile" button that I used to display with my 54.

 

My father's Eagle Scout certificate is signed by Ike. Mine is signed by Slick *****.

 

Sorry Koda, but you dad's is probably worth more than yours. That is about as far as I go without getting my post deleted.

 

Ike is considered the father of the American interstate highway system.

 

Part of Ike's plan for the interstate highway system was they could be used as runways if needed. Pretty good plan. Fortunately, we have never needed that.