Its why every social network/content generation/attention capture architecture such as FB, HN, YouTube, Twitter et al cant function without a Like/Click/View/Up

Its why every social network/content generation/attention capture architecture such as FB, HN, YouTube, Twitter et al cant function without a Like/Click/View/Upvote count publicly visible signaling status. They claim the counts signal value. Obviously not. These days you can be a domain expert but no one will take your view seriously unless some buffoon on social media who has accumulated enough Likes validates what you are saying. In the past it had to be a King or Pope (ie someone with wealth and power). So naturally the chimp troupe craves status. You can't get anything done with out it.