As a facilitator or user I would like to sort the entries by likes

[dwettstein]

GIVEN I am facilitating a retro or join a retro as user
WHEN several entries were liked with different amount of hearts
THEN I would like to sort the entries by likes (either manually or automatically)

[textbook]

This has previously been brought up, but doesn't fit with the product philosophy; see e.g. #28 (comment), #28 (comment)

[dwettstein]

Oh, my fault, I haven't read all comments of the referenced issue. I definitely agree with the following points:

• Not discussing items without votes is a great way to have "unpopular problems" never come up.
• Getting through every retro item helps make sure everyone’s voice is heard, valued and equal.

To me, the like feature is a possibility to find out how relevant or important an item might be for the whole team, given each team member is honest and assigns only a predefined number of likes. This doesn't mean, the items will be discussed in that order, or items without votes won't be discussed. However, having the possibility to sort items by likes could help keeping the attention high and letting the team decide, what they necessarily want to discuss, e.g. when time is getting short (similar to #28 (comment)).