# Why can't I like that someone liked my post? **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [June 15, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810 "2018-06-15T21:14:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/1 "2018-06-15T21:14:23Z")
Why can I like a post but not the like from a person who liked my post? ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/2 "2018-06-15T21:15:51Z")
What do you like about the fact that that person liked what you said that makes you wanna like the like? ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/3 "2018-06-15T21:18:36Z")
I just wanna tell her that I like the fact that she liked my post (for example because she was the only one who liked my post). ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/4 "2018-06-15T21:19:21Z")
Can´t you just…you know…call her or something? ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/5 "2018-06-15T21:20:17Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > Can´t you just…you know…call her or something? But I don’t have her phone number. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/6 "2018-06-15T21:24:14Z")
Then ask her. Do something! Live in the now! ---
**Author:** ![tasse-tee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/tasse-tee/32/4002_2.png) [@tasse-tee](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tasse-tee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/7 "2018-06-15T21:29:03Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > Why can I like a post but not the like from a person who liked my post? Because then things would get too confusing. As well as making sure to like posts that we like, we’d also have to consider how much we liked each like, and decide which of those likes to like… 😅 And Discourse doesn’t give us enough likes in a day as it is, anyway! (Well, not to me, at least.) ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/8 "2018-06-15T21:30:53Z")
But I get your point I often have situations where I go “I knew she would like that!” but that´s me being happy with myself. It´s not really neccesary to let the other person know in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/9 "2018-06-15T21:39:54Z")
I’ve had the same thought sometimes. Especially when you post something you think a specific other person might not appreciate, and then does after all! But there are other ways to acknowledge that you appreciate someone liking your post. Like replying “hey, I like your like!” Or just replying. Depending on what you reply and the tone you use, the like is implicit. @PiecesOfKate does that a lot. Or weren’t you talking of her when you said _she_? Also I think you need a hug. 🤗 ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/10 "2018-06-15T21:41:06Z")
Hey @someone I like your like! (See?) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tasse-tee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/tasse-tee/32/4002_2.png) [@tasse-tee](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tasse-tee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/11 "2018-06-15T21:44:06Z")
Or you can create a DM with a generic title, where you can exchange random thoughts whenever you feel like it. Like “yay, you got the reference to that thing I like 😄” ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/12 "2018-06-15T21:44:29Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > Also I think you need a hug Looks at watch…looks at calender. Or maybe a can of coffee and glass of water. ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/13 "2018-06-15T21:45:35Z")
> [@tasse-tee](#): > > whenever you feel like it. Pun intended? 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/14 "2018-06-15T21:45:57Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > Like replying “hey, I like your like!” But for exactly that situation is the like feature for. Discourse doesn’t want that you write a post where you are just saying that you like someone. (It’s like greeting mum and dad in a TV show…) Another problem is a like for an older post while the discussion has already evolved. An answer with just a “I like that you liked post #9876” would disrupt this discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/15 "2018-06-15T21:46:49Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > coffee and glass of water. No water please - I’m not a fish. But I’ll take an espresso. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/16 "2018-06-15T21:48:56Z")
> [@tasse-tee](#): > > Or you can create a DM with a generic title, where you can exchange random thoughts whenever you feel like it. Then I would have to PM everybody in this forum. Well, most of them. 😉 (And shut up you \*beeping\* Discourse, I know what I’m doing here!) ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/17 "2018-06-15T21:49:09Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > But I’ll take an espresso. One espresso coming to somwhere between the Ruhr and Rhine areas…sorry that´s the most specific you ever got, so that´s the best I can do. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/18 "2018-06-15T21:50:04Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > sorry that´s the most specific you ever got, so that´s the best I can do. It’s Ok. I’ll get it. They know me here. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/19 "2018-06-15T21:50:43Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > It’s Ok. I’ll get it. They know me here. 😉 You keep saying that, but we all still need some proof for that. ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810/20 "2018-06-15T21:53:59Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > Discourse doesn’t want that you write a post where you are just saying that you like someone Nah… too easy! > [@Someone](#): > > No water please - I’m not a fish. But I am…I’ll take the water! > [@Someone](#): > > Then I would have to PM everybody in this forum. Well, most of them. 😉 🤨 [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-cant-i-like-that-someone-liked-my-post/2810.md?page=2)