I'm not sure if our posts look different on different browsers and devices, but there is no "thumbs up" icon in the grey bar at the bottom of any message for me. I see the word "Thank" then the word "Like". In another thread, someone very helpfully posted a screen shot of those words, with red arrows pointing at them, and asked if Tufguy could see those words. Tufguy said "Yes, I can see [them]". There are now 2 possibilities:
1) Tufguy misunderstood the question and thought he was being asked if he could see the words "Thank" and "Like" in the screenshot (which of course he could).
2) Tufguy can see the "Thank" and "Like" buttons on every post and simply won't use them.
Anyway, Tufguy, please answer GoesStation's very clear questions in post #18.