Originally Posted by
Canarsie
Well, “likes” contribute towards elite level status over at Milepoint, where you get gifts with each level — such as no advertising to interfere with your experience once you reach Gold elite level status — whereas there is no elite level status here at FlyerTalk.
In other words: except for the possibility of cliquish behavior, there is no incentive to give or receive “likes” on FlyerTalk other than as a commentary on content posted.
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Is it a fact that there will be no incentive on FT?
I asked earlier in this thread about the plan what to do with the data collected, ie would 'likes'/'helpful' be used for anything later on. Like top lists, status and so on, but I didn't really get an answer.