Likes are also a way of indicating to a person that their content has been seen. People appreciate knowing they've been seen. If you don't believe me, ghost everyone in your life and see how that goes.
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I don’t care that you’ve “seen” my content if that’s the extent of your interaction with it/me. It’s not merely about zaps, but more broadly about meaningful interactions. Likes literally have no meaning here. They are a relic of ad-driven algorithmic social media platforms. Reply and tell me what you thought of a piece of content, positive or negative, share/repost it if it resonates that much, zap it if you’re the zapping type, but ffs don’t click the like button. I don’t see them anyway. I hide them from my UI as much as possible. They’re worthless.
1. You wouldn't be posting if you weren't interested in having people see your content. That's a non-starter. Totally illogical. I reject that premise completely.
2. You are not the only person who assigns value to things. You phrase things as though your subjective valuation of likes is objectively the case.
"All forms of engagement seem valuable in their own way: Not likes. They’re worthless. ... Likes, however, provide zero benefit/value to creators and ought to have never been added to the protocol.
Others see value in likes but you don't. I'm absolutely certain that you see value in things that others do not. Value is subjective to some extent and NOSTR isn't all about you.
This is a dumb hill to die on.
