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The Facebook like is a great first step in building the semantic social Web. It got us interested in what other people were doing, and it’s a great means of enabling frictionless sharing. People are inclined to use it because the barriers are low. Brands have been fixated on like numbers and what they’re worth. In truth, the value of the like is declining, and that’s not a bad thing.
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