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My Top 10 Reasons We Are Addicted To Likes
Don’t Get Offended This Is My Damn List (No Particular Order)
2 min readMay 9, 2022
- Our Self-Esteem Needs A Boost- Posting your opinion on a subject and having it liked by others can boost some people’s self-esteem. We need to know that someone is paying attention to what we say.
- It Makes Us Feel Important- If you post something on social media and no one likes it, most of us feel a certain way. Once those notifications start going off on your phone, your demeanor instantly changes.
- It Adds Validation To Our Social Media Reputation- If no one pays any attention to your posts online, you may feel unimportant on social media. Some people believe that likes stamp your approval on social media platforms.
- Our Ego’s Feed Off The Likes- Let me get a couple hundred likes on my post and watch how I walk around the rest of the day with my chest poked out.
- It Makes Us Feel Cool When Someone Co-Signs Something We Say Or Post- I don’t know why, but we actually care if someone we have never met in our life, likes something we have to say.
- Enough Likes Can Get You Paid On Social Media- One of the advantages of getting tons of likes is the opportunity to make money from them. Instagram is the perfect example of being able to convert likes…
