[Shaun]

Originally Posted by MTVN

You'd hope so but I'm not convinced. It's also not just that, I think people would gear their posts more toward getting likes, you might say no one's that sad but surely we all see people on social media who fish for likes etc. I just feel like it would come to dominate a lot of threads and that it isn't a necessary feature, maybe I'm unusual but I wouldn't want my posting being measured by likes and wouldn't want the feature to apply.

I can see why you wouldn't really mind if people like your post or don't but that's sort of the point I think. It isn't really an important feature, it's not as if there'd be rewards doled out for "most likes of the month!" (oh god I've put that idea in someone's head now )... I don't know, I guess it could massage the egos of some and make them think "well I'm getting 10 likes every time I say something bad about [X Housemate] so let's carry on", but I can't really see it being that big a deal to anyone.

To use the Facebook example, I don't know of anyone who does 'fish' - but that might be because I'm a bit strict with who I do and don't follow and see on my timeline - it's become more of a "like what's funny / good news about a family member or friend / a shared article or song or video" feature rather than anything to do with popularity.

I mean if we're talking about fishing for compliments and likes then surely Most Loved is the biggest problem on here.