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by LogicalBorg 3168 days ago
I think you are giving far too much credit to a simple like button. It's the content of the user's post that the person is liking, not the genius of Facebook.
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> I think you are giving far too much credit to a simple like button.

I'm giving credit to the thousands of engineering hours that gave rise to the simple like button, and weeded out the less addictive alternatives. (Remember the poke button?)

> It's the content of the user's post that the person is liking, not the genius of Facebook.

I agree.