You're correct. Likes are not "worthless".
Corndalorian needs to think about this with a mathematical proof level of rigor. Anything less is intellectual dishonest and posturing for the sake of virtue signaling to peers.
Likes have value. It can be used to signal that content has been witnessed or it can be used to signal that an incoming reply is non-adversarial.
RedTailHawk
npub1z4…6zpx6
2025-04-14 17:01:36
in reply to nevent1q…ws2d
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2025-04-14 17:01:36Event JSON
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