I mean, I see what you’re saying about the likes system, but:
a) it’s not comparable. It was far better under the old system to have someone reply to you with a colon D and then for other people to ^this the colon D. I don’t remember thinking "oh yay, 48 people have ^this’ed me"
b) @thewarn is an ATD and I’d be mortified if he thought I was acting like a high school bully.