Definition

A digital thumbs-up or dopamine hit delivered via social media to signal approval without the effort of actually commenting. The metric by which self-worth is now measured.

Example Usage

Her Instagram post got 10,000 likes in an hour, but nobody actually read the caption.

Source: Common tech terminology

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