Already, in the last 15 years, civil discourse has rapidly gone from "let's just agree to disagree" to painting all who express an opposing opinion to yours as "hate".
"Hate" of the person prevails and that is why civil discourse has become an ugly, lye-throwing battle.
If anything is given a "Like", it should be a particular post, not the person or entire thread!
Or, to quickly see a consensus of opinion on a post, just put a thumbs-up Agree button with a thumbs-down Disagree button and then show stats on agree/disagree on that post. This is done on Disqus comments on news/talk websites.
Attaching "Like" or "Dislike" to a person is poisonous to a civil discussion and it will breed nothing but discord and even hatred for people having a different or unique perspective on a topic. People have their opinions based on real-life experiences of which you might never have even heard!
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