People Who Like Everyone Comment

I try to stay away from that button, seems to cause problems.

Well, I have a few friends who will do this - and I can only guess why. I think part of it is "PR" - they will "like" your comments, so you will like them back. Sort of an ego thing, eh? I don't mind the "likes", but I do think it's sort of strange when someone "likes" my comment and there's no reason for them to do so - especially if it has nothing to do with them (like if I do a birthday shout out to another friend they don't even know). Be glad it's the "like" button abuser and not a "dislike" button abuser . . . they have the thumbs down thing on Yahoo Answers and that causes worse problems!!!

I have noticed that people do this on there too. I guess they do not have anything else to do other than go in there and rate every single comment.

I have come across several people like that. I especially hate the type who are so obsessed with something - a celebrity, a new song, a new show, a new product, etc. - so they have to "like" every single post they see praising it (in addition to rambling on and on about how great it is when half the time it isn't). The latest person I saw with a case of the obsessive likes had to do with a cover song she thought was "much better than the original" despite being "longtime fan" the original for years! Ummm... the cover wasn't that great - in fact, it was totally cheapened with a repeating techno-like keyboard beat in place of an actual instrumental arrangement, the vocals were over-enunciated and while expressive, did not capture the mood of the lyrics, and overall it was a pretty anemic take. If they could have used a more complex and orchestral method for the instrumentals, it may have been a decent take, but they didn't... they basically robbed the song of all the elements that really made it "speak." Moreover, if you really want to give a song the recognition you feel it deserves, Facebook posts with carelessly misspelled words and excessive "likes" are not an effective method. I find these obsessive fandom types of likes the most annoying by far - especially if the obsessive liking is of something that is downright mediocre at best. The obsessive likes regarding politics are pretty annoying too, like they get a $10,000 check each time they "second" someone's viewpoint that this politician or that politician was the best or worst ever. Not to say this makes me better than everyone else, but I am much more selective about the things I like. If someone writes on my wall, and there isn't really anything to say back, I may like their comment to show them I saw and appreciated their nice message. Other than that, though, I don't "like" very often. I find it pointless, for the most part, especially since your "likes" don't appear on your wall anymore. The fact that they get so out of hand so quickly is probably part of the reason they don't.