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Yeah we certainly won't be doing that, traditionally we've been extremely cautious about implementing anything new, even to our detriment. 
But yeah, I think a "like" feature is something people like (tons of BLers and some mods have asked for it), and if it doesn't affect what content is displayed, I don't see how it hurts. All it does is allow someone's post to be publicly noted that it was liked. I am strongly against "dislike" or anything further as it opens a whole can of worms that you've illustrated (and FTR, I don't think anyone on staff is into the idea of dislikes).
basically we don't want the forum to become a popularity contest in any way or share some of the more insidious features of social media, however we do want to add any suitable features for increased user engagement that we can.
Anyway this conversation has deviated a bit from the original point but since we're in the process of upgrading and making these decisions, it is useful nonetheless.
I'm for changing the name of PD to PDD (Psychedelic & Dissociative Drugs) for now, and creating a featured sticky or header indicating to read if you're going to do dissociatives, and the post would contain a succinct summary of important information and concerns. And I think honestly the other most important and effective thing we can do is simply to make sure, as posters, to continually interject into threads the necessary HR information we want to convey.
But yeah, I think a "like" feature is something people like (tons of BLers and some mods have asked for it), and if it doesn't affect what content is displayed, I don't see how it hurts. All it does is allow someone's post to be publicly noted that it was liked. I am strongly against "dislike" or anything further as it opens a whole can of worms that you've illustrated (and FTR, I don't think anyone on staff is into the idea of dislikes).basically we don't want the forum to become a popularity contest in any way or share some of the more insidious features of social media, however we do want to add any suitable features for increased user engagement that we can.
Anyway this conversation has deviated a bit from the original point but since we're in the process of upgrading and making these decisions, it is useful nonetheless.
I'm for changing the name of PD to PDD (Psychedelic & Dissociative Drugs) for now, and creating a featured sticky or header indicating to read if you're going to do dissociatives, and the post would contain a succinct summary of important information and concerns. And I think honestly the other most important and effective thing we can do is simply to make sure, as posters, to continually interject into threads the necessary HR information we want to convey.
