Likes given and likes received

[Monica]

Now, as some here have suggested... give me a LOVE button, and I'll wear that thing out! If a LOVE button were ever implemented here, it wouldn't give us any more information than the "like" button does, but it would provide a convenient and simple way to express our love and appreciation for eachother. Having one more avenue of expression of love would have inherent value even if it doesn't give us any new "information". It also would have no ambiguity as to the intent -- to simply share love with Other-Selves.

That love button is a concept I really 'like'

I love all that you said, Pab!

My concern, though, is that a LOVE button would just end up being used as like x 10...it could be a like button on steroids...and used to reinforce negative posts too, just like the like button is now.

We kinda already have the love button...it just has to be in a post: the