It is not malicious, in that I agree but the content creator is like a little animal that lives on eating likes metaphorically speaking, not giving likes manually or with trail at least is like removing the necessary nutrients that content creators need to live and continue, I think the above applies whether small or large likes monetarily speaking.
Now the moral value of the like I think is why I fight what was raised in this post and in that moral aspect we are all worth the same if we like any article, I have noticed that here in hive many good things are taught and I think that giving likes is right to be part of that behavior because it is part of the interaction.
About hive as a social platform still not optimal in social interactions I think the following, time can solve this when the mass of people who consume the content and are not necessarily content creators, the latter is basically what I notice difference between Web2 and Web3 and that mass of people is what is missing in the food chain so to speak.
Nice to read you both chatting 😎