The Like button, iconic in social media, serves as a digital recognition tool that has impacted content creation and interaction. A new book titled "Like: The Button That Changed The World" details its history, tracing back to early ideas by tech innovators and the moment when Yelp's Bob Goodson sketched the concept in 2005. Though Yelp rejected the original thumbs-up idea, it reflects how simple symbols convey complex human connections in the digital age. The Like button exemplifies how users express affinity and belonging through online engagement.
"It's something simple and also elegant because the Like button says, 'I like you, I like your content. And I am like you...'"
"As part of that noodling, a Yelp employee named Bob Goodson sat down on May 18, 2005, and drew a crude sketch of thumbs-up and thumbs-down gesture..."
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