Thread: Likes Given and Likes Received

getting a "like" is like someone leaving a piece of chocolate on my pillow. it comes off as a nice little unexpected surprise but overall it doesn't matter.

i don't really compare how many likes given to how many likes received because i don't care. i usually come here more as a reader whenever i want to relax. i love photography and am passionate about fitness so "for the most part" that's all i share.

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edit: just realized each thread counts the likes automatically. sorry, i'm old technology.

...liking stuff will make monsters of us all

Originally Posted by Raswalt

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LIES!!!

*like*

Like like like.

Sometimes I get likes and I don't even know why.

10 bucks says this post gets liked.

^^^

I'll take that bet.


Someone will probably like it just to make me cough-up ten bucks.

Originally Posted by GrannyPigms

Like like like.

Sometimes I get likes and I don't even know why.

10 bucks says this post gets liked.

Is that 5 bucks each

Let me augment the paranoia bit.

- There's people that will stop at nothing to make sure they don't like any of that person's posts, even if there's things they agree with.

- Then there's people who make a post, and then someone makes a similar post, and the latter gets liked despite of the fact that both are so identical.

- Then there's the likes where people agree with someone else and creates some invisible banter saying, "This person is right and you suck."

- There there's the likes where a person responds in an insulting way to someone giving a tl;dr post, but they don't want to admit that they're referring to them, and the people liking them is just their little sneaky way of not trying to come off as rude to said tl;dr poster

- Then there's those likes in the picture thread over who's hot or handsome; and there's those "I want to give a like, but damn it, you're going to become too popular if I do so," so the person posting the pictures is wondering if anyone cares about their looks. Not only that, if a person becomes assertive by saying some girl is hot, those same guys who gave a creep-like on their photo suddenly get their competitive streak going and try to dominate over that guy being flirtatious.

- Then there's those people who just want to be special and only give likes to those few little people they think deserve it

- There's people who become intimidated by a person's totality of likes, and probably have silent rage and pretend to talk to that person asking, "You think you're so special huh!?!?!"

- Then there's the likes where some guy/girl makes response in a debate, and that people agreeing with him suddenly makes his/her post accurate and right in every way. It's like collecting little minions for ego-boosting. "Hey, these people agree with me, I must be doing something right....right?"

- Then there's the likes where people can't really troll you, but what the person said is close enough to degrading your self-esteem

- Then there's people who say "I don't care about the likes," even though deep down they're hugging their pillow waiting for someone to like it

- Then there's people who constantly close and open their laptop/computer and refresh the control panel to hopefully see a red notification

- Then there's the likes where you feel "OOOOOh, who liked me this time!!?!?" but then we see we get a like by "Oh...him..pfffffft."

- Then there's people who say "You're ruining the points system of DV with so many likes"

- Then there's people who become passive-aggressive with those with a lot of likes, go on a chat, and say, "No one likes you."

- Then there's people who really feel that "I'm not going to like you, maybe you'll see how it feels to not be appreciated!"





Yes, there's actually rudiments behind this, yes, you can even make psychological analysis through this. I could make a damn novel out of this.

Ah, but we are contrary creatures, so we might refuse to like the comment that bets that it shall be liked. In fact, I successfully refrained from liking that comment.

Reasons why I "like" things may range from: "great comment, what a brillian thinker you are!" To "acknowledged, I saw your response to my question, and appreciate that you bothered to answer." -- which is a bit of a difference in meaning, but either of those might get a like, and there may be other reasons, too.

So with that logic, we're giving self-fulfilling prophecy likes and having positive assurance that it shall be liked. That's a new one. *adds to personal mental list*

I'm getting 10 bucks from someone.



The reason I like things is because of a couple reasons:

1. They made a good point
2. It was funny
3. I agree with them
4. They helped me

And so on.

Originally Posted by GrannyPigms

I'm getting 10 bucks from someone.

Ok, someone cough up 326.72 rubles!

*
You did ask for ten bucks...

ok i'm going to quickly state something about how i come about liking something, then i'm out of here.
for me, it's simple, if a post unexpectedly returns me to myself where i observe a noticeable likeness for what i've read/seen, then i tend to remember theres a "like" button, and i "like" the post. if i happen to "like" only one post in an entire thread it doesn't mean the others weren't informative or humourous... just maybe not insightful or funny to me specifically.
i do what i can to allow RCs of the hand to happen in the same way, so that i don't feel i have to poke my hand every minute when my thinking of my situation hasn't changed.
the critical/egoic part of me just thinks theres too many damn "likes" going around and too much positivity makes me nauseous

nobody "like" this post. consider this REFRAIN TRAINING