There is a "Thanks" button.

It seems to serve a similar purpose, but fit more in with a support theme.

I'm not sure they are meant to be the same, is the thing.
This is a community focused around support. Since it is populated by people and people are often by nature social, there will be many social aspects to interaction.

But it isn't like facebook. On Facebook, topics and issues "trend" and people sometimes post outrageous, humorous or even shocking things to garner more "likes"... a "like" on facebook is akin to saying "wow, this is cool, it got my attention", etc.

On PC, a Hug is pretty obviously support.
Thanks, *I* feel, are different than Like: when you thank someone, you demonstrate that you appreciate their input. What they have said or presented is valuable and relevant to the issue at hand and beneficial ro you or the thread or the community as a whole.

It's appreciation for a point of view or idea being offered. I don't have to actually LIKE [really enjoy] someone's point that they make to still appreciate it. But sometimes when you are being supportive you have to say tough things and hear tough things.

If we changed the "thanks" to "like", than people might not end up hearing some very helpful things that might be a bit difficult to communicate... because it would be more difficult to express the idea I am presenting here.

Just maybe something to consider, it is what I consider when i think that I probably don't personally see a "like" button making much sense here.