04-06-2019, 03:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-06-2019, 03:34 PM by JackOfHearts.)
I would prefer not to have likes, it seems like something helpful and for the betterment of a community but it seems to actually do the opposite. Look at who created that thing, Facebook, it's not the devil but it's close 
A community appear like a nice thing but we as human are our best friends and worst enemies at the same time.
When I look at which direction facebook is going it doesn't seem there to actually help people and many people think that Mark zuckerberg engineered the way Facebook is to create addiction, addiction to their platform, that like button seems part of that. It seems to be a way to add peer pressure for you to perform, to please the crowd and to feel gratified that you actually mean something through that community. How many of us here seems to spend more time on a forum instead of living their life according to the subliminal's titles they are using.
It may seem like something easy to do at first glance, I don't think it is so easy, this forum had some specific issue with exactly that, guys writing just to appear famous there
Even if it feels great to have those likes, there is also a bad side to it, that bad side doesn't appear at first glance, it's hidden but it's still there.
As a testimonial I don't think I'm weak around peer pressure but still I certainly feel that peer pressure around those likes and the way it feels to post something without having any like on a post, so to those who are weaker I wouldn't feel surprised that this peer pressure is 10 times stronger.
A community appear like a nice thing but we as human are our best friends and worst enemies at the same time.
When I look at which direction facebook is going it doesn't seem there to actually help people and many people think that Mark zuckerberg engineered the way Facebook is to create addiction, addiction to their platform, that like button seems part of that. It seems to be a way to add peer pressure for you to perform, to please the crowd and to feel gratified that you actually mean something through that community. How many of us here seems to spend more time on a forum instead of living their life according to the subliminal's titles they are using.
Quote:Seeing it as a popularity contest, or looking for likes for validation, is a self worth issue. If that is "your" (those of you who think we shouldn't have likes) issue, work on it
It may seem like something easy to do at first glance, I don't think it is so easy, this forum had some specific issue with exactly that, guys writing just to appear famous there
Even if it feels great to have those likes, there is also a bad side to it, that bad side doesn't appear at first glance, it's hidden but it's still there.
As a testimonial I don't think I'm weak around peer pressure but still I certainly feel that peer pressure around those likes and the way it feels to post something without having any like on a post, so to those who are weaker I wouldn't feel surprised that this peer pressure is 10 times stronger.
