[Cal.]

I don't mean to cover old ground (but I'm going to anyway!) but other forums I'm on use a like button and it works so well. I've even caught myself coming on here and going to like someone's post - and then realising I can't. I don't see how the system could be abused since there's no dislike button which people could use on people they dislike. It's a positive feature and it'd work brilliantly in creating a more friendly atmosphere on the forum as well as being more inviting to newbies (a forum I joined recently has a like feature and having everyone like my posts in my introduction thread really made me feel welcomed and it's still nice now I'm not a newbie to receive likes on my posts and really brings the community together).