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History of the Like button: Did you know?

The internet wouldn't be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned ...
Time

Why Saying ‘Like’ a Lot Is Like, Actually a Good Thing

Amanda Montell is the author of Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language. In 2016, I was offered a promo code to test out a new app designed to help young people talk without ...
The Verge

YouTube’s ‘like’ button wasn’t broken, it was just hiding

YouTube fixed a bug that caused the thumbs-up ‘Like’ icon to disappear. YouTube fixed a bug that caused the thumbs-up ‘Like’ icon to disappear. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer ...
Psychology Today

Like, What? The Power and History of a Popular Phrase

For many speakers, saying “like,” like, all the time has become ubiquitous – or at least it feels that way to those who find it disdainful. Though it might seem like nails on a chalkboard to those not ...
The Conversation

‘Like’ isn’t a lazy linguistic filler – the English language snobs need to, like, pipe down

The latest series of the television show Love Island is over, with Amber and Greg now snuggling up as the most recent winners – at least until the winter version starts in January 2020. As well as ...
The Guardian

Why do people, like, say, ‘like’ so much?

I’m listening to BBC Radio 1, where they are interviewing the 26-year-old actor and singer Dove Cameron about her globally successful hit, Boyfriend. The DJ, Melvin Odoom, asks her, “Do you think that ...