Entry #5 Likes and Comments

 I think people see likes and comments as compliments on a larger scale. Like when you get a new haircut you expect people to compliment you when you go out. If you don't get any compliments, you start to re-think your haircut. Its the same on social media. When you post a picture, you expect people to tell you how great you look. If nobody says anything, you start to think the picture doesn't look so good. If your picture gets a like, you are liked.

In real life when we compliment someone they usually compliment us back. That's why many people on social media feel they need to reply with a comment in the form of a compliment. Comments are important to people on social media. They also want a real compliment, not just the same comment that's been posted on countless other pictures.

A like is much different from a comment and when a person posts something they wonder about people who like but don't comment on their picture. Is it because the picture doesn't deserve a comment? Do they not care enough to comment? To some people liking is just easier than commenting, but others take it more seriously.