'Like' buttons don't appear on the blog posts

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  cathenchokola · Member · Nov 7, 2016 at 3:40 pm

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  Apparently the ‘Like’ buttons do not appear on the blog posts or only for WordPress users and readers can not ‘like’ the posts

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

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  timethief · Member · Nov 7, 2016 at 10:31 pm

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  All support docs are at https://en.support.wordpress.com/
  Search for likes https://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=likes
  Results https://en.support.wordpress.com/likes/

  re: like button use
  Just like any other place with a like button, for example, Facebook, one has to register a username account and be logged in to be able to use it. All that’s required to register a WordPress.COM account is a valid email address. And many of us do not choose to activate like buttons on our sites. https://en.support.wordpress.com/likes/

  If you assume that like button clicks are an accurate and true reflection of engagement with your content then you are not aware of how many like button spammers there are. They click the like buttons on other sites for traffic driving purposes ie. simply so visitors will click their gravatars and visit their sites.

  Bottom line: The value of a like button click in no way compares to the value of a thoughtful comment.