I think you are the first I have seen bring this up but I initially had similar thoughts. I used to "thank" a post to show I had read it and also to keep track for myself where I left off in reading a thread. Now all those "thanks" have turned to me "liking" a bunch of crime posts
. At first I wasn't sure I wanted to keep "liking" posts about horrific crimes taking place, dead bodies being found, etc. But I have already turned it around in my mind to change my way of thinking about this. I figure that I am not really liking/approving of the content of a post so must as
liking the person posting for bringing the news updates to us. So I'm going to think about it that way from now on-- as giving a like to the person behind the post, not necessarily the content.