Are you discerning with your "likes"?

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It's been established many years ago that I rely on "likes" as validation of my worth as a valued member of the Allnurses.com community. As such, whenever I get a "like" notification, I go to my dashboard to see who liked what post (yeah, I told you that I have self-esteem issues).

A curious thing I've noticed is that some members will just go through and "like" every post that's on a thread they're reading. I wonder why. Are they just so enthusiastic about the subject matter that they're just all "Hell YEAH!!" to every post?

Alternatively, I will sometimes notice that a particular member will have "liked" several of my posts in several different threads on different boards within a short period of time, and I'll think, "Is Davey Do (or you know, whoever) stalking me?"

So what are you patterns and criteria for "liking" someone else's posts?

How pathetic that we have to have a topic named 'Likes' in the scheme of things it matter not one iota......

How pathetic that we have to have a topic named 'Likes' in the scheme of things it matter not one iota......

And yet, here we are, on page 11. Personally, my days are often peppered with little things that "matter not one iota," but I'm happy for those little reprieves (in fact, I seek them out). I'm trying to envision my life without those little moments that "matter not one iota" in the grand scheme of things and it looks very serious, sad, angry, and, well, pathetic.

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