What Does This Mean?

like4like

[ SLANG ][ SOCIAL MEDIA ][ ENGAGEMENT ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Engagement TacticsCLUSTER: engagement_exchange

Internet slang for the practice on social media of liking someone's post or page on the condition that they like yours in return, often to push up a like count. It is also used as a hashtag to ask for such exchanges.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""Her bio said like4like, so half her likes came from strangers liking back.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionary explains it as an abbreviation of like for like, itself a clipping of a phrase such as like for a like back, or equally as like plus the numeral 4 standing for for, plus like. No dated source found yet for first use.

FIRST SEEN

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PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2010s

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

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AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

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EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ SLANG ][ SOCIAL MEDIA ][ ENGAGEMENT ]

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