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by mercer 4197 days ago
I think part of the problem is the meaning of 'like'. It conflates liking the 'thing' (band, store, café, etc.) with 'following' this thing. In some cases I'd love to follow a person or entity because I care about the updates, but in some cases I just want to 'like' something to show other people how unique I am (where 'I' is an younger version of myself).