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		atacrawl on April 12, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Facebook likes are calculated True, but if you take "like" to mean "validate," then that logic does hold -- even if you hate an article you're sharing, you're still validating it.

mattmanser on April 12, 2011 [–]

Like does not mean validate though.

You may as well say if friend means totally random person you've only met once. Oh, wait...

atacrawl on April 12, 2011 | [–]

The reality of what "like" represents indicates otherwise.

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