It seems that the entire method of delegating value based on likes, no matter how refined will simply encourage bots RATHER THAN social communication.

Content is going to be created regardless, and the intent is to draw more people to the platform making more posts, writing comments, etc...

Instead of drawing value from likes, a better system would be how much activity a persons content draws. This would self-balance those that make 50 posts a day where 49 of them are ignored and the person who writes 1 post a day but draws the same attention.

Especially when you look at non-news related content... Tutorials, books, video clips, etc, where often they won't even draw attention or become viral until sometimes months later..