Originally Posted by GUWonder

A way to look at it would be a historical analysis comparing a sub-set of the posting habits of a set of FTers who were comparably active on FT and MP for a set period of time (or type of period of time). I am not about to have that attempted, but I do know that some people on both boards indeed did use the "like" feature on MP instead of choosing to type a response using any characters/words. That dynamic doesn't help further a discussion; although for those obsessed about getting credit for being "helpful" or "liked" by some clique or another, or for those frustrated over the "signal to noise" dynamic, perhaps that short-circuiting of discussion doesn't necessarily get perceived as a negative in the aggregate and is seen as a positive. I just don't see it working as a positive for me when I'm interested in getting and providing further information and enjoy the discussion dynamics on FT as they have existed for years.