Positive Reinforcement for Great Posts Here

[fabucat]

I realize that I was making an a** of myself by replying to posts by saying "atta boy" and stuff like that.  I guess internet mavens called this "me-too-ism." 

Huffington Post mostly is an online National Enquirer with non-threatening center-left politics, but readers are allowed to click on a button when someone writes a particularly perceptive post.  This happens so often on this esteemed message board that I wish that I could click on the same type of button here.  There certainly are smarter posts here than there are on Fluffpo.

[Agent : Orange]

I've always thought that facebook should include both like and dislike buttons. Sometimes something isn't worth responding to but you wish you could somehow express dispassionate disapproval anyway just to get a shot in. These options would probably be well used (at least provide some amount of amusement) on forums like this one.

[Scully]

I realize that I was making an a** of myself by replying to posts by saying "atta boy" and stuff like that.  I guess internet mavens called this "me-too-ism." 

Guess I missed the playbook that said only asses gives attaboys to posters they relate to. 

[The General]

Nobody's making an ass of themselves when they do this.
And, yes, I think a 'like' button on every post would be a great idea.