I think it would be very handy to make every user's profile have a "love" button is either there underneath the avatar by default or an option to add under the default profile customization buttons. (Apologies if this has already been addressed). It's sad to me not to be able to love someone's avatar unless they've custom enabled it or if I by chance see them in the forums. I like to show well dressed HAs love!
I don't really see the need for having a button for it on profiles and forums. I think it's fine just on forums. If you see one you like on a profile, you can always comment the user saying how much you like their avatar.
Some people have no interest in human avatars, and if anything else human avatar is shoved down my throat, I will hold a knife to Esmerelda's throat.
I would love this, I feel kind of obnoxious putting a banner on my profile like "Like my HA here" but I also like getting HA likes (I mean I'm always on the forums, idk where else you people see me tbh) but yeah I've definitely seen some people not on the forums whose HAs I'd like to like
Sounds cool. If this was implemented I would like the option to deactivate or hide it though. I would feel odd having one.
There was some discussion a while ago about having a similar button on the username hover, which I think I'd prefer over having to hunt it down on someone's profile. It would be nice to have some access to liking avatars outside of the forum, in some form or other. However, this first came up ages ago, and may never happen, but I'm still holding out for it.
I don't see the harm in a simple button to show HA love. I have times gone to the extent of finding a person's previous posts after seeing the HA on their profile so I could like their HA from the forums. It definitely seems like it would suit a person's profile. Just give an option to remove content like everything else on a profile.
And if not on the profile, some other easily accessible place outside the forums. (like username hover as mentioned above)
I support
The problem I have is the "mandatory" part.
I don't want this to be mandatory.
Yeah I hate the mandatory. Subeta is not a job. Do not support.
If you really do like the HA then get their Recent Posts from their User Profile. It's not that hard. If it seems hard to you or too much effort, you didn't really like it that much.
I don't even want people liking my avatar. I see no point in the whole feature to begin with.
Not everyone has links to their recent posts on their profile, though, so it can potentially be very difficult to have to track down a post if you like an avatar that you saw somewhere other than on the forums.
I wouldn't see any harm in including this feature as a convenience on the Human Avatar section of profiles. While I agree that it shouldn't be mandatory, it seems logical to have the option of a like button on a place where the avatar is being shown off. Just make it a yes/no option like the "show clothes".
If it comes like the showing what clothes the HA has on where we can toggle it on and off, I'm all for it.

i've been wishing for something like this too - although like others have mentioned, if it's a button on profiles i think it would be fine for it to be optional. i'd love it to be in the hover thing though! much more accessible there. maybe trickier to do, but quicker to share the love ^_^
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