Agree! A lot of nuance can be lost in when converting to digital. My point is more about the way people use the like button has corresponding actions in "real

Agree! A lot of nuance can be lost in when converting to digital. My point is more about the way people use the like button has corresponding actions in "real life". A thumbs up can be used to convey a variety of emotions. Happiness, irony, and other meanings depending on culture. However on FB, the like button has an implied set of narrow usage. You use it to acknowledge, approve, like things. It's not as useful as in real-life because you can't as easily interpret context or add accompanying signals like a furrowed brow or a smile. The usage set is more narrow/different and I think most people recognize that when they give a thumbs up on FB vs. when they do so in real life.