Originally Posted by
JDiver
[color="navy"]I'm not aware of any way of disabling the "Like" function, not any prohibition against doing so (assuming there is a way to disable it).
Some have discussed ad blocking software, and that is prohibited (so such references have been deleted as off topic and irrelevant). But it's unlikely such software could address the "Like" function, so discussing these is not relevant at best.
The "like" display can be disabled fairly simply on many browsers, without resorting to ad-blocking or other plug-ins.
Many browsers have the ability to use a "user style sheet" or "custom style sheet" or similar term. This is a set of rules for displaying web content that users can create on their own devices. The rules let you adjust how page elements are displayed (such as changing the font, color, position, etc.), including hiding certain elements.
As an example, if a user were to have a custom (or user or local) style sheet that contained only the following, it would cause the "like" element to be hidden:
Code:
/* Hide flyertalk 'like' button */
div[class="vbseo_buttons"][id^="lkbtn"] {
display: none !important;
}
As an aside, some ad-blocking plug-ins work by blocking all content from a set of black-listed domains. Such plug-ins wouldn't block the "like" feature, since that is inherently part of the content from flyertalk.com. However, other ad-blocking plug-ins work by in effect overriding the style sheet for the site, hiding the display of certain elements, such as in-line frames that contain content fetched from a set of black-listed domains, or all Flash content, or all pop-up or pop-under content. This type of ad-blocking plug-in could, in theory, block the "like" feature from appearing. I mention that only for clarification.