Why are "Likes" turned off in this forum?
Just wondering.
Because: when likes are turned off I feel like I need to comment instead, which makes things even noisier in forum threads.
In bitcointalk you can consider Likes = Merit, as the more you like the post you can give merits to the post. Unlike likes which are usually unlimited in number, you won't have unlimited merits to send.
Also with likes, you should also have dislikes but here there is no alternative of dislike as you can't show your expression if you disliked a post.