what's behind women commenting on each other's photos on facebook?
I asked Star_Above this question, here is our convo that was via pm:
Me:
Hey Star...
When a woman uploads photos of herself on facebook I sometimes see much more women than men commenting on her photo telling her that she is beautiful and stuff.
I have a theory about this but I'm not sure it's true:
I think they do it because they expect the other woman to comment on their photo as well - then, the more comments a woman has the more it appears on all her friends news feed and thus:
she gets more attention (and we all know women love attention).
I don't think that when women are telling each other they are beautiful they do it for the purpose of: I really think so or I really care about you as a friend (generally speaking of course, not All women)
But I could be wrong of course and I'm not sure about my theory...
What do you think is really behind women commenting on each other's photos telling each other on facebook: you are gorgeous, beautiful, amazing and etc?
Star_Above:
It's because they're being nice and are nice girls
Ah very good question my man!
Well, it's the same as in life... When someone is being nice to someone it's because they want them to like them...but why?
I guarantee a girl that is fat ugly doesn't get as many girls commenting on their photos as a hottie, right? So the reason the girls are commenting and saying "Oh babe you look gorgeous" is because they see the girl as really high value, and if they get the girl to like them and be friends with them, they will think that they will be seen as high value as well by others...
and if they get a reaction from a high value girl like "Thanks hun, you look amazing too", it makes them feel better about themselves, an ego boost from a person they perceive as higher value because they want to be like them.
then Me (a few days later..):
Man I have been observing this thing lately- wow you were so right.
women (generally speaking of course) are not just 'being nice' or being 'a good friend' - it's all an agenda to get approval from the hottie or get the hottie to like them. How come I didn't see this before
I almost don't see hotties commenting so much on other hotties and if they do- it isn't without an agenda as well...