Hacker News Reader

Interesting. My local chipshop has had a like us on Facebook sign up for the past year. They have 13 likes.. The only use for this I can see is in an office so everyone can see the count going up.

Putting it on the shop front of a small business would be a bit embarassing as the majority of small businesses have a miniscule number of likes..

View on HN

I don't think a minuscule amount of likes is embarrassing. People expect that for a small local business. The big difference is that those likes really count for something - 13 likes at a local chip shop probably means 13 people who go there once a week.

Or the 13 employees who work there.

There's a Chinese restaurant near me, and whenever I walk past it's always empty, with the owner/manager standing there with a long, sad face. I feel guilty about always looking in and never entering, but part of my brain tells me there must be some reason that nobody else is in there.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com