As I posted earlier in this thread, I'm against any sort of a like button or like score on FT, although I'm still somewhat open to the possibility of being convinced otherwise.

My impression is that the "likes" system on MilePoint has been seriously detrimental. It's ridiculous when someone posts "hi" and that post immediately receives at least a dozen likes. It's much worse than meaningless as it's resulted in the development of cliques that tend to drive others away from MP. It was fun at first when people were simply positive and encouraging, but then it got out of hand. The problem continued even after Randy Petersen asked folks to stop.