Facebook faces accusations of favoring a majoritarian regime in Myanmar.
thediplomat.com
Lots of likes involved in this, I promise.
It is of course an extreme case, and it wasn't just caused by "likes". You can have toxicity on a much smaller scale, it's still bad. I don't see the benefits of a like system outweighing the drawbacks for this forum.
I could of course just turn your own argument around and say that not having likes on this forum seems to be the popular opinion, therefore it's the way to go
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