I can’t stop. Here’s my assessment of the psychological mechanics at play.
Likes are frictionless, muscle memory from years of social conditioning. They require no skin in the game, no economic ...
Another possible reaction is a public bookmark. However, in my opinion, the user experience for handling bookmarks needs to be simplified. Until that happens, I sometimes use the 'Like' reaction to mark a note as a personal-public bookmark, but I am only aware of nostrudel.ninja as a client that provides an easy overview of my own likes.
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