>[the fake] is exactly the same as the real thing So what? It doesn't matter if the counterfiet handbags are good fakes, even indistinguishable. Similarly, if

>[the fake] is exactly the same as the real thing So what? It doesn't matter if the counterfiet handbags are good fakes, even indistinguishable. Similarly, if you put counterfeit money in a bank it becomes electronic. The integer values of "fake" and "real" money are completely indistinguishable. But it's still fake money, and when you're caught they'll still take it. The likes are fake because the thing the integer claims to represent ("people who came across this organically via our site and liked this") is fabricated. Trying to say that it's not fake merely because "someone actually clicked like" is like saying fake product reviews are real because "someone actually filled out and submitted an electronic form." >The amount isn't the issue here OP said "as if most of likes were real ones," so obviously they think the amount is [at least part of] the issue.