"Like" button missing or "Loading…"?

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  gaudetetheology · Member · Oct 1, 2013 at 3:52 am

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  I just read a post on another WordPress blog that I wanted to “like”. But the like button is missing from the black bar across the top, and the like button at the bottom of the blog post is greyed out with a “Loading…” message.

  I’ve tried this on two different wordpress.com blogs and see the same behavior:

  The theology of government shutdown: Christian dominionism

  Driving damages ovaries, Saudi cleric says

  Is it me, or is the button broken?

  Thanks.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  lifeissarcasm · Member · Oct 9, 2013 at 12:44 am

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  I’ve had the same problems, and I don’t have any like buttons on any of my posts. :(

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  timethief · Member · Oct 9, 2013 at 12:56 am

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  @gaudetetheology
  
  @lifeissarcasm

  I see like button on both of your blogs.

  Click any post title and scroll down to the end of it just above the comment box.

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  gaudetetheology · Member · Oct 9, 2013 at 2:35 am

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  I saw it on my blog, too — it was *other* people’s blogs it was missing from, when I was logged into WordPress.

  However, it looks like the underlying problem was the same as for the mysteriously content-free “Reader” page that I posted in another topic: Ghostery was blocking Gravatar. Unblocking Gravatar from the page made the “Like” button reappear.

  @lifeissarcasm, you might want to check your addons & blockers too.

  @timethief, is there a way these two topics can be marked for Staff attention for consideration as a bug? This behavior just seems very buggy to me.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 9, 2013 at 2:39 am

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  You can mark tag them both with modlook if you want to but it’s not a bug IMHO.

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  gaudetetheology · Member · Oct 9, 2013 at 3:37 am

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  Thanks, will do.

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  rachelmcr · Member · Oct 10, 2013 at 10:09 am

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  Hi there,

  When you Like a post, it inserts your Gravatar as a visual indication that you liked the post. You can read more about this here: Likes

  Because the Like button is connected to Gravatar, you need to unblock Gravatar for the button to work properly. I recommend adding Gravatar.com as a trusted site, to ensure that WordPress.com features like this work as expected. :)