Is it possible to see who have liked your blog post ?

[avant_seomoz]

I was wondering if you have a like button on the blog and people use it to like a post , is it possible to find out who all have liked the post ? ( there is a counter to show the number of people who have liked the post, but could not figure out who have actually clicked the like button )

[RyanKent]

Is it possible to see who have liked your blog post ?

If only.....

Because the next question is who disliked your blog (or Q&A) response. I had this thought just today. I read a fantastic blog article from Cyrus: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/blog-design-for-seo. This article was everything a fantastic article should be: informative, helpful, thought-provoking, insightful (I'll stop the adjectives here) and overall kick-ass. It even included a world-class infographic.

115 thumbs up, 4 thumbs down. I have absolutely no problem with anyone offering a thumbs down. I just wish they left a comment offering ANY feedback as to what they disliked about the article. Maybe it was a misclick? Maybe they disagreed with one of the 15 points. Maybe anything, but by sharing feedback it would save the author and other readers from wondering what might be wrong and offer the author an opportunity to improve next time.

I run into this same feeling when I watch awesome youtube videos like this one (Bon Jovi + Jennifer Nettles sing You Cant Go Home as they volunteer and help Habitat for Humanity build a house for a family): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CeX5VEo10c. There always seems to be that 1% of people who click thumbs down.

Some people have road-rage, I have evaluation rage. When that 1% thumbs down and don't leave any feedback I just want to.....

Oh well, this reply will probably receive the most thumbs down of any I ever offered, but I can at least laugh about it

[firstconversion]

Off topic, but a number of youtube negative clicks may be accidental as they have the buttons so small and close together

[KeriMorgret]

No, it's not possible for a user to see who has made thumbs up and thumbs down.

There was an interesting discussion about thumbs down on Twitter the other day. Rand said (and I agree) that it does help minimize some flame wars, especially in the comments. Rather than a ton of people saying "that's stupid" or "I can't believe you said that", a thumbs down is a way of more politely expressing disagreement.

I agree, it's never fun to see something you've written have a thumbs down and have no idea why.