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It has come to my attention that some users can force other users to like a thread in order to receive a link to some content in a thread. From my point of perspective, I find this immoral and pretty much useless. Although you can remove the like from a post, it is rather annoying. Imagine if you had to like some status on Facebook in order to see a picture of a nice girl you know? (Or imagine how pissed Reddit would be if this feature was added)
As how I see the like feature in general, you like content if you explicitly like it. This should not be tampered with through bots and you should not be paid per like you get on your post or whatever. You should however not be forced to like a status update in order to see the status update, as you have not yet seen the status update. For example, how can you like something you haven't seen or tried out? (Although some fanboys tend to do this, but this case is more ambiguous).
A general "like-cycle" would be:
See status -> Oh, this is really awesome! -> Upvotes/likes the status.
It should not be:
Like post -> Meh, this is not as good as what my friends tells me, this game actually sucks! -> Removes like
As it goes against the general "idea" of how likes/upvotes/points/whatever works, I find this immoral and I think you guys should consider removing this feature.
As how I see the like feature in general, you like content if you explicitly like it. This should not be tampered with through bots and you should not be paid per like you get on your post or whatever. You should however not be forced to like a status update in order to see the status update, as you have not yet seen the status update. For example, how can you like something you haven't seen or tried out? (Although some fanboys tend to do this, but this case is more ambiguous).
A general "like-cycle" would be:
See status -> Oh, this is really awesome! -> Upvotes/likes the status.
It should not be:
Like post -> Meh, this is not as good as what my friends tells me, this game actually sucks! -> Removes like
As it goes against the general "idea" of how likes/upvotes/points/whatever works, I find this immoral and I think you guys should consider removing this feature.