Thanks for answering.

I was curious because recently I was very clumsy formatting a 265GB SSD for the Mini, so that it could run OS9, luckily aBc helped me by email. Sometimes the neuron is lost in the void of the skull.

I think the like button is a good idea, it simplifies and declutters threads. Without a like button you have to comment to show appreciation even if you don't have anything to add to the discussion. I personally don't see much of a difference between a bunch of likes or a bunch of short "thanks" and "I agree" posts, but likes at the bottom of a post are less messy and more concise than a bunch of short comments.

I think the like button might also increase engagement with threads. If someone has nothing to add to the thread but still wants to show some kind of appreciation they're more likely to hit a like button than they are to make a post for just a couple words. A like is better than no engagement at all.

i see no reason why it's a bad thing? sure let's have it.

I have no idea which policy you're referring to, but ALL plugins where disabled when the forum moved since it wouldn't run on newer server software with plugins enabled.
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Protools5LEGuy; post a link to one of them so I can see what shortcode is used for the mini player so I can narrow it down to which plugin that generates them and I'll have a look.

http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=2287.msg13767#msg13767

http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=6985.0

The "no youtube " policy changed links and it is a hard work to see the video.

To insert a YT video you had to copy the number from the url, but that is the only thing that we see now.

You have to open a ramdom video on youtube, change tab, copy the number from the post, change tab and paste the number with precision. An amount of work that only a fistfull of users will do.

The button to insert youtube links was after the insert image link, insert hyperlink, insert mail and insert FTP link

When the "Like" button helps to highlight messages for any reason, that's good.

An idea for the future, it would not be bad to highlight messages that helped to solve the issue of the topic starter. When such a message rises to the top and stands out, it helps people with the same question to find the answer right away, rather than carefully look through several pages of the discussion.