Others did the digging.
A. Vagabond doesn’t count, nice kid but posts everywhere.
B. I really don’t see what, with the weight of a moderator, you added to this.
Best practice (blitz version)
Like a lot of stuff: Not so much that the social value of likes is negated, but enough that practically anyone who has ever said anything constructive in your community has received at least one like.
Dissuade malevolent likes: Sometimes you’ll see users liking a post that is disruptive and unconstructive. Use your best judgement as a community manager and do one or more of the following:
Publicly dispute the post and set an example of the kind of discourse you want in your community.
Delete the post and talk it through with the poster.
Leave it up to the community to flag it.
How about splitting likes into finer categories? Something like:
- me too: having the same issue or question
- lol: something that made you chuckle
- good work: for tech support, game review, creating an app, etc
- reference (could be hidden): you might need to review it later
- interesting: a fresh perspective
…etc
while allowing a person to flag a post in multiple categories at the same time.
This would be cool, but I think it’s a Discourse this and not an OGS thing…