Facebook "likes" vs. "friends" vs. "shares"

Like feature in Facebook let others know that you are interested in the post without directly commenting on or sharing it. One of the functions of liking the post is that it lets the creator of the post know that you liked the content. Other function is that friends of the person who liked the post are able to see the content. The whole point of liking the post is to grow attention to the content, which can have positive influence on the viewers.

            There is a similar feature called sharing in Facebook as of advertising the post. Unlike liking, share function lets you have a same content on your own page. By sharing others’ post on your own page, all the visitors and friends of yours are easily able to share the post. Sharing would, of course, let the post owner to know who shared one’s post. Sharing is definitely a more effective way to advertise one’s content to the whole users of Facebook than just liking the post.

            On the other hand, friends are the people who are connected to the user in the world of Facebook. Friends should be able to look at each other’s posts and pictures along with their current status and profiles in detail. Instant messaging chat allows each other to communicate when they are both online and save conversation history. Friends are usually the ones who I give likes since their posts are the majority of my newsfeed, while public news contents or sports related posts are the ones who I share with my friends.