I totally agree. In the boards on this site where people are purely sharing information, intel and experiences then the likes, agree, thanks, and thumbs up icons are very useful for honing in on the best answers to questions.
But here in the "Pub" board, where most of the posts are old drunks trolling and hating, it's a proverbial pisssing match of confused and sad icons, followed by a slew of one upmanship posts. As I said though, nobody pretends to like each other on this site so it's far more honest than the other platforms for social media where people are seeking fake admiration and acceptance from fictitious friends instead of interacting in the real world.