TL;DR
A "do you like me" page is one screen with your question and two buttons, sitting at its own link. You send the link instead of typing the question, they tap yes or no, and the answer lands in your dashboard — no signup on their side. On Lovely it is the I Like You template: ₹1 to publish, about five minutes to make, and the page stays live afterwards. The famous runaway "No" button is a joke about your nerves — it can be switched off, and this page argues you should switch it off if you actually want an answer you can trust. Below: the real steps, 14 ways to word the question, an honest cost table, and the four mistakes that make a page like this land badly.
What a "do you like me" page actually is
It is the smallest possible confession. Not a letter, not a speech, not a paragraph you rewrite eleven times at 1 a.m. — one question, two buttons, one tap.
The reason it works has nothing to do with technology. It works because of what it removes. When you type "do you like me" into a chat, four things happen at once: they see you typing, you see them seeing you typing, both of you are live on the same screen, and whatever they say has to be said in the next thirty seconds. A link removes all four. They open it whenever they open it. Nobody is watching anybody type. And a tap is a much easier thing to do than a sentence — which is good news for the person answering, not just the person asking.
The format has been floating around the internet for years as GitHub repos and one-off novelty sites, which is why searching for it turns up code you have to deploy yourself. The version on Lovely is the same idea with the fiddly parts already done: you fill in words, you press publish, you get a link and a QR code.
The runaway "No" button, and why it is a joke and not a trap
This is the feature everyone has seen, and the one worth being clear about.
On the I Like You page, the "No" button slides away when your cursor gets near it. On a phone, it shifts position if you tap close to its edge. It is funny. It is also, in most copies of this idea floating around the internet, framed as a way to make someone say yes — and that framing is wrong and worth throwing out.
Here is the honest version: the runaway button is a joke about how nervous you are, not a mechanism for denying them a no. It is the page admitting that you are scared of that button too. Nobody who wants to say no is going to be talked out of it by a button that moves — they will close the tab, and now you have your answer plus a slightly worse memory of the whole thing.
So:
- If you are sending this to a friend as a bit, leave the runaway on. It reads as a joke because it is a joke.
- If you genuinely want to know the answer, turn it off. It is a switch in the editor's Effects tab and it takes one tap. A fair yes-or-no is worth more than a gag.
- Whatever they tap — yes or no — is the answer. Not a first offer. Not a warm-up.
That last line is the whole ethic of this page in one sentence, and it is why we would rather write this guide than let someone learn the format from a repo with no README.
Ganesh, Lovely's founder, put it plainly while the template was being built:
"The runaway button is the page laughing at you, not at them. We kept it because being nervous is funny and worth admitting. We made it switchable because an answer you engineered isn't an answer."
How to make one, in five minutes
Real steps, in the order they actually happen:
- Open the I Like You template and start editing. There is no blank canvas — the page already exists, and you are replacing words in it.
- Write the question. This is the whole job; 14 wordings are below. One line, no preamble.
- Write both response messages — the one they see on yes, and the one they see on no. Most people write the yes message with enormous care and leave the no message on the default, which is exactly backwards. More on that below.
- Rename the buttons if you want. They do not have to say Yes and No. "Haan" and "Nahi", "obviously" and "let's talk" — whatever matches how you two actually type.
- Set the colours. Background, buttons, text. Two minutes if you care about that, zero if you do not.
- Decide on the runaway button. Effects tab. On for a joke, off for an answer.
- Publish for ₹1. You get a unique link and a QR code immediately.
- Send the link. One message, no explanation attached — the page explains itself.
The whole thing genuinely takes about five minutes, and roughly four of them are step 2.
14 ways to word the question
Tap any of these to copy it. Then change one word so it sounds like you, because a question that sounds like a template gets answered like one.
The no message matters more than the yes message. If they tap no, they are going to read whatever you wrote there while feeling slightly awful about it, and what you wrote is the last thing this page ever says to them. Write it kindly and write it short: "Totally fair. Thanks for being honest — nothing changes." That message is the difference between a friendship that survives this and one that quietly goes cold by March.
What it costs, honestly
| Item | Cost | |---|---| | Publishing the I Like You page | ₹1, one time | | Hosting, forever | Included | | The unique link and the QR code | Included | | Response tracking (yes/no, device, time) | Included | | Anything the recipient pays | ₹0 | | Subscription | None | | Custom domain (optional) | ₹100 | | Total | ₹1 (or ₹101 with a domain) |
₹1 is less than the chai you would stress-drink before sending it. The number is deliberate: this template is priced to be the thing you try when you are not sure, not the thing you save up for. The full breakdown across every confession template — including the ₹49 ones — lives in what a confession page costs in India.
When one question isn't the whole thing
A yes-or-no page is perfect when the feeling is new, the stakes are low, and you genuinely just want the information. It is the wrong tool when the feeling is four years old.
If you have been carrying this since school, one question undersells it. The Hidden Crush template stages the same confession as an archive instead: a sealed envelope they tap open, a phone screen of the drafts you typed and never sent, a timeline of when it happened, a crush-o-meter they fill by tapping, and then the confession in full-screen letters. ₹49. And if what you want to send is a letter rather than a question, Our Little World is a seven-scene page built around a typewriter love letter that types itself out while they read.
Not sure which shape fits? How to make a confession page walks through choosing one, and anonymous confession or signed settles the other question people ask us — whether to put your name on it. (Short answer: yes.)
What NOT to do
Four ways people get this wrong.
- Don't send it at 2 a.m. on a Tuesday. Not because of some rule about timing, but because a question that arrives at 2 a.m. gets answered at 2 a.m., by someone half-asleep who feels ambushed. Send it when they have a normal evening in front of them.
- Don't send it in a group. Ever. A yes-or-no page in a college group chat is not a confession, it is a public dare, and the only answer available to them is the one that saves face.
- Don't send a second one. If they tapped no, the page did its job. Re-sending it, sending a "different" version, or routing it through their friend is where a small brave thing turns into something they have to manage.
- Don't leave the no message on the default. Covered above, but it is the most common miss and the one with the longest tail.
And if they tap no, that is where the useful reading is: what to do in the 24 hours after they say no covers the reply, the quiet, and the four things people do at midnight that turn a small no into a lost friendship.
If you are still deciding whether to ask at all — a completely different question from how to ask — should I confess or stay friends is the honest version of that argument, and how to confess to a crush without ruining the friendship covers the friendship-risk maths. This page assumes you have already decided.
Frequently asked questions
What is a 'do you like me' page?
It is a single web page with your question at the top and two buttons under it — yes and no — that lives at its own link. You send the link, they tap one, and the answer arrives in your dashboard. It exists because typing the question into a chat box and watching the typing indicator start and stop is the part most people cannot do.
How much does a do you like me page cost?
₹1 to publish on Lovely's I Like You template, one time, and the page stays live afterwards. There is no subscription and nothing for the person opening it to pay. A custom domain is an optional ₹100 if you want the link to read as something other than a Lovely URL.
Does the 'No' button really run away?
It does — it slides away from the cursor on a laptop, and shifts position when tapped near the edge on a phone. It is a joke about your nerves, not a way to stop them saying no. You can switch it off in the editor's Effects tab, and if you want a clean answer you probably should.
Will I know whether they tapped yes or no?
Yes. Every response is recorded anonymously in the Responses tab of your Lovely dashboard, along with the device they opened it on and roughly when they tapped. You will not get their location, their contacts, or anything they did not choose to send.
Does my crush need an account to answer?
No. The link is public and opens in whatever browser their phone already has. They do not sign up, install anything, or hand over an email address — they open it, read it, tap, and that is the whole interaction.