Third person singular of like, meaning to find agreeable; or plural noun for expressions of approval, especially on social media.
From Old English 'līcian' meaning to please or be suitable, related to 'līc' (body, form). The sense of approval from physical suitability evolved into emotional preference and, recently, digital approval metrics.
Social media 'likes' have transformed human approval into quantifiable data, creating a new form of social currency that would astonish our ancestors. The simple Old English concept of 'being suitable' has become a global system for measuring popularity and self-worth.
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