# Like button confusion **URL:** \ **Category:** Website\ **Created:** [August 12, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287 "2026-08-12T18:14:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boerenkool](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/boerenkool/32/6307_2.png) [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287/1 "2026-08-12T18:14:27Z")
Who at the Discourse development team thought it a good idea to separate the like button and likes count? ![likes](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/4/4268db7c2ce43ffe4ba4651eec9ecfea8a40c520.png) I haven’t been too active lately and now I find myself either trying to like a post by clicking the heart on the left or looking at the right and wondering why nobody has shown appreciation for a good post. This is confusing. 🫨 😅 ---
**Author:** ![bostrav59](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/bostrav59/32/7281_2.png) [@bostrav59](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bostrav59)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287/2 "2026-08-12T20:14:11Z")
I agree with you. But you get used to it. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287/3 "2026-08-12T23:55:31Z")
I agree. BTW, I would’ve clicked “like” on your post sooner, but I kept clicking the wrong place. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![allison](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/allison/32/10718_2.png) [@allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/allison)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287/4 "2026-08-13T10:37:21Z")
![1000011887](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/8/8d383790992439599aa6af41c4ada4c834f9cf0a.gif) ---
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287/5 "2026-08-15T03:08:23Z")
> [@bostrav59](#): > > But you get used to it. How long does it take? I’m 66, I’m still getting used to things, it takes a while. I suppose many of us just think war, rapine and bad attitude have still to be learned but for me bad UI trumps the lot. I admit I probably have two counter-rotating propeller blades on top of the G7 mounted on top of my head, but still. ---
**Author:** ![bostrav59](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/bostrav59/32/7281_2.png) [@bostrav59](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bostrav59)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287/6 "2026-08-16T13:45:51Z")
> [@jbowler](#): > > How long does it take? I’m 66, I’m still getting used to things, it takes a while Me too. We can complain about changes in user interfaces, but isn’t it like shouting into the void? I do some work with a 'lifelong learning institute" at Tufts, and the older the member is, the more confusing they find the technology. ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287/7 "2026-08-16T13:56:55Z")
Being super confident in my typing skills because I had been doing it since the mid 80s when it started being a thing, (I would have been a teenager by then), I challenged @Liam-M to a typing test. I type somewhere between 80-90wpm cold and once warmed up, around 110-120wpm. He took me up on the challenge and beat me like 4 times…kids being exposed from a very early age makes them better at practically everything “technology” related, i’ve found…even those things I thought I was certain to dominate in. ---
**Author:** ![allison](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/allison/32/10718_2.png) [@allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/allison)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287/8 "2026-08-16T16:35:12Z")
Whoooa if you long hold on the heart icon, there are more options now! I like that and can deal with it being moved if we have more choices! ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287/9 "2026-08-16T18:20:08Z")
I love it!!! I don’t always LOVE a post!! Sometimes I was to express another emotion! But there should be at least one “condolences” emoji. ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287/10 "2026-08-16T18:24:45Z")
I wonder if they will count them all in the same category still or if they will be broken out? I wonder what this will do to our “hearts given” stats!?!?! ![IMG_1202](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/8/894ff9acbe1c2e433879ff8e193beb39fd6dd012.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Boerenkool](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/boerenkool/32/6307_2.png) [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287/11 "2026-08-16T19:08:03Z")
Thanks! I didn’t know that. ---
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287/12 "2026-08-17T01:01:43Z")
> [@ClaudnDaye](#): > > I challenged @Liam-M to a typing test. I type somewhere between 80-90wpm cold and once warmed up, around 110-120wpm. I type fast enough but my error rate is enormous. I learned to type on my mother’s Singer sometime around the early '70’s. The Singer was a massive chunk of iron; hit those keys straight and hard or you end up with a complete mess. 50 years later I can hit the “backspace” key as fast as any other key, and I need to. I tried this: > **[3 Page Typing Test | Typing for All Ages - Typing.com](https://www.typing.com/student/typing-test/3-page)** > > How fast can you type? Test your WPM and accuracy with a free 3 page typing test. Test Your Typing Now! They said I took 16 minutes 55 seconds and typed at 43WPM with 95% accuracy; I did correct every mistake. Traditionally a mistake dings a word. That’s because a mistake has to be corrected with either correction fluid or, for the bad typists like me, hit the ribbon shift to get the correction ribbon up (though I think that was only later electric typewriters). It takes a really long time to correct a mistake. I also type slower when replying, like here, because I read the words and the sentence I’m typing. If I’m touch typing I just type what’s on the paper; I do read the words because the spelling helps my typing but I certainly don’t read the sentence. I can barely remember a single word from what I typed in the test despite the fact that it started out with a subject with which I am very familiar and very interested in! Guess what my single most prominent mistake was. Clue; it’s in every post I write and in none of my posts you read… I type two spaces after every full stop at the end of a sentence. ---
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287/13 "2026-08-17T02:32:20Z")
> [@allison](#): > > there are more options now I was wondering about that! How did you figure it out?? 😺 ---
**Author:** ![allison](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/allison/32/10718_2.png) [@allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/allison)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287/14 "2026-08-17T15:51:00Z")
I saw someone used it at the top of this thread and tried the long press on my phone! On a desktop, they pop up if you hover over the heart. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287/15 "2026-08-17T17:06:19Z")
I am mostly just gonna stick with the ❤ because it’s easiest and I am lazy in that regard. ---
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/like-button-confusion/16287/16 "2026-08-18T01:07:22Z")
I call it the “Santa Claus” icon because that’s what it looks like to me. I guess it also looks like a couple of cherries. Maybe two of these: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nVQVjM_lN9A/maxresdefault.jpg "1950’s Style Cherry Bomb 🍒 Firecracker 🧨 #youtubeshorts #cherrybomb #fireworkdemo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVQVjM_lN9A)