[morsmodr]

Agree totally with this. It also encourages people to not think for themselves, further increasing the herd mentality. The lame defense sometimes given for this is - Well people do not have time so the numbers help them decide. That is another load of crap, the illusion that people don't have time. People should consistently question what they read and 'like' things they truly love.

That said, I am trying to think how this feature of 'hiding likes' can also be tampered with because that is human nature

[ryandrake]

It also reinforces us to confuse popularity with quality, a common mistake on the Internet going all the way back to PageRank.