I like a like

I have had the thrill of some posts making it onto Bear blog's Trending page a few times lately. Of course, it has been the quickly written and slightly frivolous posts that have been the ones that have made it by being liked enough. The more serious one I last posted a couple of days ago, that took a bit of time for research, had links for my references, and took a bit of actual thinking about, hasn't made it. That's fine. I don't write expecting to see likes/toasts/upvotes mount up. But it's lovely if they do. I can affect a nonchalant and cool attitude of not caring about whether my posts gain likes/toasts/ticks/smileys/thumbs-ups/hearts, or whatever other symbols your blog gives people the chance to click when they like a post enough, but in reality I do like getting a like. Or a smiley. Or an upvote, or whatever else you call it. (NB: I just had to have a look because I couldn't remember WHAT I had. Star. It's a star.) It's not for narcissistic, egotistical or vain reasons. It's…