The difference between a "like" and a "heart"
Don't I look sexy in this photo? Time to share it on Facebook.
Open Google photos and click edit. Increase brightness but not too much. Looking good.
Hit share!
And the counting begins.
We obsessively look at how many likes and hearts we get. Why didn't so and so like instead of hearting? You're mildly upset. Then someone adds a comment. "Looking good!" Oh yeah. Keep them coming.
Have our closest friends liked it? What about our enemies? If a rival liked it, we feel more thrilled. This goes on for a couple of hours or even days.
Then we move on to the next post.
Several days ago, I casually mentioned an anniversary of a dear friend to my wife. She asked how I knew. I saw it on Facebook, and my wife liked the post. She said she didn't even remember liking it!
I do this, and I'm sure you do it too.
We browse the feed and mindlessly like someone's post. We don't even look at the photo. Most of our likes and hearts are out of obligation.
Then we move on to the next post.
There is a difference between our behavior and expectations. While we mindlessly like and heart others' posts, we obsess about the likes and hearts we get. We try to read between the likes and hearts.
But in most cases, the difference between a like and a heart is just the mere inconvenience of the one on the other end.
Move on to the next post.
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