I guess you read the rest of my post, saying you should enable negative in a controlled manner, according to each user record, to keep the general positivenes of the forum.
I would like to see the opinion for negative responses as I think this forum is mature enough to handle it.
Many times I do a ‘like’ to a post and than keep replaying and adding to that positive response by writing. I can see myself do the same thing with ‘dislike’.
I think that in a forum where you exchange opinions and debate with strong arguments (and it’s irrelevant if it’s about food, cars, politics, tech religion or so) emojis in general and negative ones as well have their place. Emojis are well based, widely spread non-verbal way of communication and in a sense (imo) is part of the general advancement like the tech advancement we discuss here. They come from and are heading to the ‘same direction’. But allow it as long as it used in a way that doesn’t make people stop posting in that forum and keep it on the positive side of the map.
edit: I accidentally post before finishing so do re read if the end seems off..
I see where you're coming from, but I'm not so sure that it'd work.
First of all, how do you filter users for maturity? Being with us longer, and the number of total posts aren't always a reliable indicator.
Secondly, a forum is about exchanging thoughts, opinions, ideas, etc., and not emotion, in my opinion. The "like" button is a space-efficient way of expressing agreement without filling the thread with "I agree" posts. If you disagree, though, I'd like to know why, and what you think instead, maybe there's something to learn from it. Simply being angry and throwing a dislike button doesn't help educated two-way discourse, it hinders it. There's nothing I can learn from your emotions, and if there's no reasoning behind them whatsoever (I don't see why that would be the case, unless we're talking about a child), then pressing on a negative emoji only facilitates more negative emotion on the recipient side. Totally unnecessary in a cultured community, in my opinion.
With all due respect, I want to learn and improve like the rest of us, and I'm open to change my opinion when good enough reasoning is presented, but I don't care about the emotions of random strangers that I'll probably never meet in my life.
TL,DR: If you agree, throw a like. If you don't, tell me why.
Those careless and ambivalent people... 
