So lets talk about a "Like Button" :)

[Guy]

I'd favor a Thank You button. I'd prefer not to use Like, because who needs to imitate Facebook?

Good Point, "Thankyou Button" works for me.

[adamschneider]

Just please don't do both a "Like" AND a "Thanks" button. That's clearly overkill.

[Grannyhiker]

Just wondering about the effect of the extra memory needed for all the "likes" and/or "thanks" on the server charges for PH… I don't think either is necessary, since it's easy for those concerned to see how many hits a thread has gotten. Why clutter up the forum any more? I certainly won't use it!

I have long since stopped commenting on most trip reports. I no longer read all of them, either, especially if they are for the strenuous hikes that I can no longer do, or if it's the 20th report of the year on Angel's Rest or Eagle Creek. That doesn't mean those reports aren't good; it's just a matter of having to prioritize my time. Other interests I've recently taken up have not supplanted my interest in hiking and backpacking, but do reduce the amount of time I have for hiking forum activities.

[jdemott]

A Thank You button would be preferable to a Like button (because I don't "like" the FB connection), but I don't favor either one. If someone takes the time to post a trip report, that is fine thing and I am genuinely thankful for it. I can't think of many trip reports that wouldn't merit a thank you, so what would be the point of collecting a bunch of Thank You clicks for every TR?

I'm probably guilty of occasionally posting a brief "great report" comment, but I try to offer something specific when I comment on a TR and I certainly appreciate it when I get specific feedback after posting a TR. Clicking a button seems like a very impersonal response that would just add clutter and noise to the site.

[adamschneider]

Just wondering about the effect of the extra memory needed for all the "likes" and/or "thanks" on the server charges for PH…

Negligible.

[kepPNW]

Just wondering about the effect of the extra memory needed for all the "likes" and/or "thanks" on the server charges for PH…

Negligible.

Yeah, biggest hit is almost certainly bandwidth (ie, embedded, rather than linked, photos).

[Limey]

I fall in the category of not having a like button. I really don't think it's necessary. A Thank you button would be okay but I would probably not use it.

[texasbb]

A view doesn't show appreciation.

And a Like does? A Like is cheap, so easy to do you don't even have to look at the post to click it. It's yet another mechanosocial concoction that encourages frivolous clatter at the expense of meaningful interaction.

(I apparently feel stronger about it than I thought when the topic first came up. )

[vibramhead]

A Like is cheap, so easy to do you don't even have to look at the post to click it. It's yet another mechanosocial concoction that encourages frivolous clatter at the expense of meaningful interaction.

You have a point there. Let's make it a Happy Trails button instead!

[tednottodd]

+1