There is a few featuer with the reactions plugin. Reactions other than by default will count as a like. (Topic on meta about this) The current reactions are:
I dont think all of those should count as likes.
My thoughts
I think 6, 8, 10 and possibly 4 should not count as likes.
I think I’m gonna say 1 (), 3 (), 5 (), 7 (), 9 ().
1 is kind of obvious, it’s the default generic like.
I don’t think 2 ( ) should count, I generally use it to say yes (or similar) without making a low quality post, otherwise I would use the default, 1 ().
3 is pretty much only used to show appreciation of some kind of humour, so it is kind of like the default like, but showing the reason for it a little more.
4 is kind of surprise or shock, I think it can be interpreted as both positive and somewhat negative, so I’d say no.
5 and 7 are generally to congratulate someone in some way, which is again kind of like the default like, but more context specific.
6 generally just means you have no clue, so it’s a pretty straightforward no imo.
8 is kind of used to show ‘sillyness’, so I’d say no to that one too.
9 is used like a ‘more prestigious’ version of the default like in my experience, so I think it makes sense for that to count.