I am of two minds about the "like" button (which is nice, because most people will tell you I am usually of no mind at all).
I can see the benefit of it, although I use it sparingly. People post things because they have something to say and when someone "likes" it that is a small scoop of validation . . . and we humans do so love our validation. Of course, the problem is that some folks just go around "liking" everything indiscriminately, which is okay, too . . . but kind of takes a little of the bloom off the rose to my way of thinking.
I'm something of a chatterbox, and while I've got as much ego as the next guy (probably more -- I'm kind of a jerk in real life), what I want more than acknowledgment is response. I want to know what people think about what I think. Maybe some of you are like that, too.
Unfortunately (for me), not everyone necessarily wants -- or needs -- to be as forthcoming as I do, so my approach is hit-and- miss. It's why I liked the reading groups on the old board so much, because I could get what I was looking for without tripping over Johnny Depp (or -- you know -- whatever) every five minutes. Of course, that strategy quickly presented another problem that took me entirely by surprise.
But I'm not going to tell you about that.
; )