May We Please Have a "Like" Button?

[CMcG]

I would like to request that Steve and the Mods enable a "like" button in the forum software. In order to help The Rabble add their weight to this idea, I am creating a poll with 3 answers: yes, no, and maybe.

A "like" button or its equivalent is used as a quick way to publicly show appreciation for a post. One simply clicks on the word "like" underneath someone's post and a record shows up in the footer of that post of all the people who have done so. It would allow another option for forum participation and can be quite useful. If someone prefers to write "***" or "thanks," they would, of course, still be free to do so.

In November of 2011, I started a thread on this topic (LINK), but there was never any response from the powers that be. If this is not possible or if some decision has been made against it, could we please have that information?