On #Nostr, liking something is a light, almost decorative gesture. I overuse it myself, but honestly, it doesn't really change anything.
It doesn't build memory, it doesn't spread an idea, it doesn't leave a trace over time.

Reposts, on the other hand, are hands that take content and put it back on the road.
That's where Nostr breathes: the network doesn't reward you because you're liked, but because you circulate.
If no one reposts, even the truest thing remains silent.

And then there are zaps.
They don't lie. They are value expressed without metaphors, attention that becomes cost, time that becomes choice.
A zap says: this is valuable to me.
It is not consent, it is responsibility.

Here in lies the difference, stark and somewhat uncomfortable:
on other social networks, a like is a cheap caress;
on Nostr, only actions that risk something count.
That is why likes are of little use.
They are background noise, useful perhaps to the ego, but not to the protocol.
If we want to make an impact, we must share or support.
The rest is silence disguised as applause.

Saying this is not cynical.
It is simply seeing Nostr for what it is:
not a place to be approved, but a place to circulate value.