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		nickvec 26 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: EFF is leaving X Likes are obviously correlated with the number of views a post gets. I am not sure what point you are trying to make.

fnordian_slip 25 days ago [–]

That assumption is only true if there is no manipulation of likes. I believe that the presence of bot farms has been extensively documented by now, which should disprove the usefulness of likes on any social media platform nowadays.

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