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I don't agree with Like. It's good for socializing, but not for this.

I've never heard anybody say they 'like' an article from Wikipedia, but they might find it interesting, so they'd +1 it.

Yes, +1 has the connotation of "noteworthy" rather than "fan".

So it is more generally useful. One could +1 a news article about an earthquake or horrific disaster, but might be reluctant to Like it.

To me, it's much closer to communicating agreement in Apache open source projects. Someone proposes an idea or expresses an opinion, others simply respond with "+1" instead of a variety of ways of saying "Yes/agreed/I concur/indeed/I second/I support/Let's do it" etc.

So I got the same thought that pathik did - the +1 feeds my personal image of Google as primarily run by engineers.

But the context of this is much more akin to forums than parties. I'll +1 a link I agree with or found useful, but I'm not going to bring the link to a night club.