Unfortunately inevitable... (LJ's "Like" button)

[thistlechaser]

So LJ now has a "Like" button. News post here.

I can't see it on my friends page or my main page. I'm still on S1 I think, so maybe that's why. Is anyone else seeing them?

Can't say I like this change at all, though I'm not surprised it happened...

Comments

[hamsterwoman]

It's not showing up for me either (and I'm on S1 style, friendspage and comment pages).

I am apprehensive about the addition of "Like", although I have also wished for this capability on LJ sometimes, because it does happen that I see posts that I want to acknowledge but without really knowing what to say. It's such a slippery slope, though!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm just a little torn (because I do like being able to like things on Tumblr), but LJ is a different beast.

I'm in the process of trying to change to S2, but I actually had to open a support ticket. I have no idea why it's apparently so complex to switch. (I'm not just switching for the ability to see when someone likes things, but other features I've missed out on, like being able to suggest related posts).

[hamsterwoman]

Oh, seeing the news post reminds me that I noticed a little while ago that the Memories button on my comment pages changed from a heart to a little bookmark thingy, and I remember thinking that it was probably because LJ was working on a "like" feature which would use the heart instead. Guess I was right about that :P

Good luck with switching over to s2! Doesn't seem like it should be as hard as it apparently is!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ah! Good guess, you were right!

And thanks. No response from support yet, though that's not surprising. Hopefully in the next couple days.