I am no moderator nor admistrator. I'm not even an somewhat old member of the forum. However here is how I view it:

Likes: Simply put, if you like something. I can like a post where you simply show of a nice picture of your frog. Or perhaps a funny stories, or whatever. However, I personally would not consider this when I'm thinking about what reputation you have. Sure, I might have liked your picture, but that does not say that you have given valuabe advice, been helpfull etc.


(I just used us two as an example, just to be clear)