In arranging the photos so that the more liked ones are more visible, this compilation helps to model how Facebook works in that content with more likes are viewed while things with little likes become irrelevant. When I looked at the photos together, the first thing I noticed were the backgrounds. It seemed that photos with cleaner backgrounds were more likely to get a lot of likes because they are visually appealing. Similarly, photos that look like they have been edited to change the lighting were definitely more liked than photos than photos that did not have obvious edits. I think this is because the edits made the photos more aesthetically pleasing and implied that the person put care into making it.

While the aesthetic appeal of the photos seemed to be the biggest difference between the more liked photos, I think the majority of photos on Facebook are liked to give validation to the person, and not because the photo itself is inherently better. Judging by the apparent randomness of pattern of likes on the photos, I do think that the photos in this collection had a lot of likes because the people themselves were appealing.