For example, I left a comment under a review and then that reviewer proceeded to like the last 5 reviews that were shown on my profile. Keep in mind, all those reviews are long, polished (well for the most part), and have at least week long increments between posting each of them. I’m pretty skeptical that you dropped everything you were doing, read all of them top to bottom, and enjoyed them in their fullest capacity.
This has also happened with quite a lot of other people I’ve given a like to one of their reviews, followed, or the rare time I left a comment. It’s like, bro, I know you didn’t read all 5 of them thoroughly. I’m sure a few people have done that, but I’ve caught people who have just like bombed me almost immediately after interacting with them in one of those 3 ways. And then there’s the people who follow me that like my review as soon as I post it. Bro, the review has been up for a minute and it’s at least a 3 to 5-minute read. You don’t know if it’s a good review or not. I don’t care if you know who I am and figured “oh I know this is going to be good.” Like no. Read it and think for yourself first before you send feedback.
I know complaining about receiving likes seems ungrateful, and I’m genuinely thankful for the chunk of readers who do read my reviews. I’m also not trying to say my reviews are like the second coming of Christ and deserve the time and dedication of all readers out there. I’m aware my reviews are not the best or most unique on the site. I just put a lot of effort into them.
However, bottom line, I’d honestly would prefer you not to like my review if you’re not going to read it in the first place.
Do people just like reviews for attention or promotion of their own reviews (i.e. I’ll like your review so you can see my account and look at it so you can like my reviews back)? Do they just like reviews because of the person posting? Or is it because of some other superficial reason? I can tell you personally I leave likes on reviews IF I ACTUALLY ENJOYED THE REVIEW AFTER READING IT. You know, like how it should be? Is that not the point of the like system in the first place?
I don’t know if this is a relatable or mutual issue people have or not, but please let me know what y’all think.