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    The 'like' function in the forums has different goals than those in social media. In fact, forums and social media platforms are like cheese and chalk! Originally, when vBulletin introduced the 'like' button, the purpose was to help members decide if a solution to a given problem has been good or not. More likes on a topic means new visitors to the post can apply the solution, in case they are facing the same problem. The other benefit of the like was to affect the 'reputation' of a member. The more likes a member gets, the more likely he has made contributions to the forums. Under certain settings, some people's forums would need to make automatic promotions of members on the basis of their contributions and peer feedback before they can access new privileges in those forums.

    Since our forums do not have a promotion strategy, and in fact since all information is public, the 'like' feature has become redundant. This is why it is not removed from the system.

    It is for the same reason that we have not installed a shoutbox modification, which would otherwise allow members to have a platform for direct chatting. This is totally counterproductive and it does harm the principles on which the forums were made. We are still navigating other useful modifications to make the forums more usable.

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