@mfennvt @Rycaut @APBBlue I follow an acquaintance on Facebook who I find extremely funny. When he 'liked' my replies, which I intended to be funny too, I was flattered. I later discovered he 'likes' anyone that says anything to him. He just means 'thanks for reading what I wrote and bothering to respond'. His 'likes' were devalued by this knowledge. If we weren't keeping count, why would we call it 'social capital'?

@Rycaut @APBBlue I'm not saying it's bad advice. You have to start somewhere but what you are actually looking for is people with good taste, to advise you, where 'good' is highly subjective. Some people just aren't fussy and want to be liked but that's not typical of an art critic, for example.

@Rycaut @APBBlue Is a boost by someone who boosts a lot worth as much as one by someone who doesn't though?