I am so glad you mentioned this GG. I thought I had somehow programmed my computer to add this strange information.
On a positive note, I get to use the Screen of Death icon, one of my favorites! :Screen_of_Death:

Bad idea.
 

This was tried on another board I visit, but it was removed when it was discovered that a clique was organizing to bully a member by entering large numbers of "dislikes" on his posts.

Dump it!

This will not turn out well.

I bet if every post by Admin was "disliked", it wouldn't last long. :icon_twisted:

Do we really need a an organized and sanctioned popularity contest?

I thought we were done with that nonsense in about 5th grade.

Being able to load up somebody's profile with dozens of "Dislikes" is every cyber-bully's DREAM.

Watch for bullies to increase here, and for thoughtful, tolerant people to "Exit stage left".

The thought occurred to me that this forum might have been hacked.

Now I'm paranoid.

I agree. Dump it.

I see it as well.
Without much need for explanation it is very "social network-like".
And for me there is not one piece of information I need or will add to the enjoyment of an already pretty well configured site.

Looks like change for the sake of change with little of no added value.
But most certainly adds complexity and time consumed and cost to have available.

Like the many social sites available to us all, I will not use any of these new indicators.

Admin, if it has to be, please include an option to opt out to use it and to not have it displayed.

Also a waste of screen space. Adds 1 inch to each posting on my screen:Screen_of_Death:

I guess they might be looking to get people "involved" by having them compete for more and more "likes." For some reason there are people who think it's important.

This looks like a work-in-progress feature to me that was maybe made visible to the users prematurely. If you go to UserCp and then Settings you'll see to options related to this, but it didn't make sense to me.

Send a PM
 

Sometimes I send a private message when I really like a certain comment/post. We seniors don't like change, especially, when it's not an improved change.

Many thanks!:024:
Clicked the "turn-off" buttons in settings.
Seems to work.

Worked for me as well.

Thanks!