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by themagician 3069 days ago
What they see is often determined by those counts in the first place, and what people decide to read/comment/share is more often than not because a post has a lot of likes/comments. Then they share it to get likes for them self.

If the only incentive to read/share/comment was a genuine understanding or willingness to share and participate the entire space would be different.