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[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

For exactly the same reason we enjoy seeing the useless number next to our comments and posts.

People enjoy engagement; it doesn't necessarily have to have any deeper motivation than that.