Apologies if this has been posted before. I was thinking it would be nice to have a “like” or a “heart” button on comments on observations, sort of like how it is on the forum, to show thanks or to agree with the comment. It would prevent a lot of unnecessary comments that don’t really contribute t…

Are you proposing this only for comments and comments on IDs? What about IDs only?

People have asked for a way for new users to not use Agree as a Thank you. I suppose this could help with that.

I do like this idea for comments; not sure how it would be interpreted for ID’s.

similar to this ol’ one https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/provide-a-non-comment-way-to-let-iders-know-you-received-their-helpful-information/5087 ?

with a default setting for notifications, only if we choose to ask for them.

[image] tiwane: Are you proposing this only for comments and comments on IDs? What about IDs only? I think this could be useful to show appreciation for a comment…esp. b/c oftentimes IDers share additional, helpful info or are IDing my obs in response to a request for help confirming an initi…

I would definitely second this! I’m a beginner and also grateful to people who take the time to offer comments or suggestions, so this would be a welcome addition!

[image] tiwane: Are you proposing this only for comments and comments on IDs? What about IDs only? Hmm, I don’t know, I guess having them on both would be nice but I’m not sure it would work well on just IDs.

I can see the value of a thank button for IDs (in that someone who might otherwise want to click “Agree” would click “Thank” instead) but I’m not sure a Like button for a comment would be as beneficial. Remember, every like would have to be recorded somewhere, growing the iNat database quite a bit a…

[image] tiwane: Something like a yes/no vote if a comment is helpful, which could then be used to populate an ID page for a taxon, would probably be a better use of a button there. My two cents. Yeah, that would be very cool.

Add "like" button to comments on observations

Feature Requests

bonesigh May 13, 2025, 7:18pm 19

What if the “like” symbol was only visible to the one who made the comment and the one who made the like.

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Add a Thank You/Like Button to IDs/Comments Feature Requests	3	851	August 21, 2019
Provide a non-comment way to let IDers know you received their helpful information Feature Requests under-review	35	5049	June 3, 2025
Liking comments on observations General	7	196	September 13, 2025
We should normalize commenting General	68	2299	May 14, 2026
Separate 'Like' and 'Bookmark' buttons Feature Requests	28	12317	August 6, 2019

Add "like" button to comments on observations

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