# No, I will NOT 'like' your page just because you told me to! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 3, 2013, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-like-your-page-just-because-you-told-me-to/667869 "2013-09-03T07:01:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-like-your-page-just-because-you-told-me-to/667869/41 "2013-09-18T00:36:45Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > If it was something that I couldn’t support, like Nazi Bob’s Hamburger Joint, then I wouldn’t like it, but I probably wouldn’t be friends in the first place. To be fair, their burgers are pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-like-your-page-just-because-you-told-me-to/667869/42 "2013-09-18T02:13:40Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > To be fair, their burgers are pretty good. “Like” ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-like-your-page-just-because-you-told-me-to/667869/43 "2013-09-18T12:00:03Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > To be fair, their burgers are pretty good. I hear they are kosher. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-like-your-page-just-because-you-told-me-to/667869/44 "2013-09-18T12:08:10Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Instead of liking it, you should print out a screenshot, put it up on your fridge, and send the person an email of a picture of you next to the fridge with the picture on it giving a thumbs up and let them know that you don’t just like the page, you LOVE it. HA! Nice. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-like-your-page-just-because-you-told-me-to/667869/45 "2013-09-18T12:18:05Z")
> [@Mathematics](#): > > I don’t understand this because it can actually be counterproductive. > > When I go to a business’s page and I see that they have a ton of likes but no/few comments, I just roll my eyes and leave. I find this whole business of soliciting “false likes” quite shady. > > The local businesses I support seem to have no trouble getting real customers to like them and engage with the company on their page. That draws me in, because I can tell they have a lot of loyal customers, so they must be doing something right. This. My thought exactly. Ironically, the practice devalues the very concept it’s built upon, i.e., that the more people that “like” things the better it is. There might have been close to a one-to-one correlation between the two prior to Facebook, but no more. "Liking something has been cheapened, and is being further cheapened every day. LinkedIn is in a similar quandary. Not long ago, if someone endorsed you for say, accounting, that meant something. But now that LinkedIn solicits endorsements for it members and all one has to do is click the “endorse” box, the whole concept of endorsement is devalued. Especially when people endorse me for things that I never even listed as skills that I have. The are related skills, but some I have zero proficiency in. Yet, people have endorsed me for all manner of things that I have zero proficiency in. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-like-your-page-just-because-you-told-me-to/667869/46 "2013-09-18T16:11:55Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > LinkedIn is in a similar quandary. Not long ago, if someone endorsed you for say, accounting, that meant something. But now that LinkedIn solicits endorsements for it members and all one has to do is click the “endorse” box, the whole concept of endorsement is devalued. Especially when people endorse me for things that I never even listed as skills that I have. The are related skills, but some I have zero proficiency in. Yet, people have endorsed me for all manner of things that I have zero proficiency in. The LinkedIn endorsements drive me _crazy_, because otherwise I find the site to be a valuable networking tool. With no rules about who can endorse you for what, they’re completely meaningless. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-like-your-page-just-because-you-told-me-to/667869/47 "2013-09-18T17:27:19Z")
Some people like and repost everything they see. If you’re a true friend, you’ll copy and repost this message to everyone you know. 97% of people won’t even bother to read through this message, but 3% will. I’ll use this to see who my true friends are. People who post Facebook chain letters should be kicked in the balls over and over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-like-your-page-just-because-you-told-me-to/667869/48 "2013-09-18T18:51:46Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Some people like and repost everything they see. If you’re a true friend, you’ll copy and repost this message to everyone you know. 97% of people won’t even bother to read through this message, but 3% will. **I’ll use this to see who my true friends are.** > > People who post Facebook chain letters should be kicked in the balls over and over and over again. I despise those!! ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-like-your-page-just-because-you-told-me-to/667869/49 "2013-09-18T19:02:17Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Some people like and repost everything they see. If you’re a true friend, you’ll copy and repost this message to everyone you know. 97% of people won’t even bother to read through this message, but 3% will. I’ll use this to see who my true friends are. > > People who post Facebook chain letters should be kicked in the balls over and over and over again. Please copy and paste this as your status if you know someone, or have heard of someone who knows someone that may know someone who knows anyone. If you don’t know anyone, or even if you’ve heard of anyone who doesn’t know anyone that doesn’t know someone, then still copy this. It’s important to spread the message. Oh, and the hearts. \<3 \<3 \<3 For crap’s sake, don’t forget the hearts. \<3 \<3 \<3 ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-like-your-page-just-because-you-told-me-to/667869/50 "2013-09-23T13:59:30Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > The LinkedIn endorsements drive me _crazy_, because otherwise I find the site to be a valuable networking tool. With no rules about who can endorse you for what, they’re completely meaningless. I agree completely. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-like-your-page-just-because-you-told-me-to/667869/51 "2013-10-22T21:33:42Z")
I agree! ---
**Author:** ![Azuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Azuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azuga)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-like-your-page-just-because-you-told-me-to/667869/52 "2013-11-01T02:42:03Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > I hear they are kosher. Lol [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-like-your-page-just-because-you-told-me-to/667869.md?page=2)