Dear WordPress,
What has happened to the “like” button on many of our posts? First I noticed that I was unable to “like” the postings from several of my blogging friends, and now I’ve been informed that the function has disappeared from my own posts.
Listen, sometimes the “like” I get on a post is the only positive reinforcement I get all day long. Sure, it might just be a perfunctory “like” without even a thorough reading of my post, but life is short. I’ll take every “like” that comes my way.
And I dislike not being able to “like” the posts of others. It makes me sad to think that they don’t know I liked their poem or essay or cartoon or rant. I can comment on the post, but somehow commenting without leaving a “like” seems passive aggressive and perhaps disingenuous:
“Yes, I READ your post, but I didn’t actually LIKE your post.”
Furthermore, I’m tired of putting quotation marks around the word, “like” considering I’m not even sure it’s the right thing to do. But, “liking” is the right thing to do! Please let us “like” and be “liked!”
Sincerely yours,
The Immensely Likeable Nananoyz
Praying for Eyebrowz 
No like button here.
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I saw the like button this am but no comment button till I opened post.
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Weird. Posts I’m seeing without a like button don’t even provide the option when I go directly to their page.
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You were good until 15 hours ago- the reblog about Southwest Travel was the last that had both!
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Thanks. It’s just really weird. I’ve not made any changes to my site or my phone. Hmmm.
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Thank you!
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Yes, some of the sites only give an option to reply or comment when you go to the site. On the page that opens on the reader, there’s usually the ‘like’ option.
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But I had both and now it’s gone. Weird.
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Oh… I see… Did you check out your settings? May be they changed something and you have to set it up again, on each post separately?
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Maybe. I’ll go look at settings now.
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You have to change sharing buttons, no like on this post! But I like!
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