If there is something easy and gratifying to do in hive is to give likes, this applies to any platform and I think it is positive to encourage that because beyond the monetary value of a like.... each person has a moral value which is linked to give like and thus motivate, encourage, demonstrate appreciation for a content or a content creator for the creations he makes and the effort he puts into them.
What you have raised I hope they don't take it the wrong way and deflect the message because what I read in the post, I see it positive, it is correcting behavior towards something that is right and I agree with it @namiks
If there is something in hive that is a genius is the algorithm concept of the Trail, the person can motivate other creators without even being on the pc, so I understand what you mention because there is no excuse for not releasing the like worth what it is worth.
Hive is currently a platform where I think the vast majority of users are content creators and I think we are waiting for sometime in the future to achieve that portion of the missing pie which is a massive amount of users who consume that content arrives soon (it is the portion that if youtube etc has where they have users who exclusively consume content and nothing else .... and they are voracious and are many in number), I do not know if I'm wrong in that idea but I guess that's why they do all those marketing efforts and whales on the platform and just for the latter is that the content creators who make life in the ecosystem is necessary that we get likes.... because a content creator without likes dies and if the creators perish so does the platform.
While that massive amount of users who only consume content arrives, I think content creators should support us as pillars to not leave all the hard work to the whales when we ourselves can collaborate by giving our bit because in order to continue on this difficult path of creating content, that is achieved with the Buhonitos, blessed and wonderful Likes....
I for example when my posts are supported only by the Trail of Likes of the community and by my muchachones who are my people, that motivates me to continue because we are on the right track in what I like to do... my beloved reviews 🤗