Like me, LIKE me!

I don't understand the Facebook 'like' button. I dislike it. It allows you to like anything. Friend's statuses, their photos, and anything else they choose to post.

You can't like people, but you can like groups. Some groups are desperate for 'likes', going so far as to make contests for who can get the most people to 'like' their page, and win a prize. One such contest was by a photographer, and the prize was a free photo shoot. A friend of mine asked me to 'like' the guys page, and say who referred me, so she could win the free photo shoot. I helped her out, and when the contest was over I 'unliked' the page.

I don't think that many likes necessarily  equals popularity in any way. If anything, it just means that that group was particularly pushy and annoying.

'Like this page for a chance to win a free...'

Facebook has not complied with suggestions to create an opposite 'dislike' button. I suppose they feel people will be far too free with their criticism.

I don't understand desperate cries for attention or 'like'. It is really unseemly.