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I'm a little confused because you argue all likes are the same and then make the distinction between fake and real likes.
by kakarot 9y ago
I'm a little confused because you argue all likes are the same and then make the distinction between fake and real likes.
- jacquesm 9y agoIt's prior and post accumulation in some counter or for display purposes. So at the moment the like is done it is possible to distinguish between fake and real but after you collapse them into a single counter you no longer can distinguish fake and real. This is what gives the 'fake likes' their value, that they are then used by Instagram in exactly the same way as real likes. Instagram clearly fails at distinguishing the two, so you really can't fault the users for not being able to do so either. The fact that this service is available and apparently works is a pretty strong bit of evidence that all likes should be distrusted but that's not how it will play out.
- cuu508 9y agoBut is this just a dumb counter though? Instagram shows the list of people who liked a photo. Say, if one of my friends has a picture with 5 likes from people I recognize, and another friend has a photo with 100 likes from weirdly-named accounts, I can tell which ones are fake.