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Posted by: Cobravert
The fact that you cannot recognize the fundamental difference between the setup and means of interaction of Facebook and BNet is fairly ridiculous. Posts on Facebook are one-offs and often don't promote discussion.
They're statuses. They're meant to express your current status. People like your current status to express a mutual sense of agreement, enjoyment, endearment, etc. Comments are additional ideas added to something which is already not meant to encourage discussion most of the time. Therefore liking the status is the most common and accepted way to communicate with that person via said status.
Forum threads on BNet are meant to encourage discussion. In fact, that is the basic requirement of each and every forum thread outside the Classifieds. Therefore they are much more likely to incite discussion even when a like option is presented.
My ideas and points are backed up by logical explanations. Yours extend as far as putting words in my mouth ("change over night", suggesting I even said a way in which people would be likely to use a like system, etc.), anecdotal "evidence"* ("People are stupid and lazy.", etc.), retorting entire points with one word that offers absolutely no context, response, or ideas ("Social interaction by hitting 'Like'? Please.", etc.), and not having any substantive reasoning behind your logic.
*While my points about the purpose of the majority of statuses were anecdotal in nature, never did I say something as outlandishly unprovable as a basis for an argument of mine as "People are stupid".