"Likes" add a bit of value, I feel. They bring some attention to a good snippet that may otherwise go overlooked by audiences outside the posters following network. "Follows," perhaps not so much.

I feel my homepage should have more, not less. But more relevant stuff, not irrelevant stuff such as follows - perhaps some of the better stuff from the "Explore" page? (i.e. people I haven't followed) Of course, I could follow more people, but users come and users go, I guess.

I could make likes appear larger just as Facebook does it. That way liking something prominently features it for your followers. I don't think I want to start mixing information that you aren't following. One thought I had was to allow you to follow platforms so any new posts pertaining to what you're following will show up.

Maybe have some identifying information about the "like," be displayed. Nothing too overpowering but enough of an idea to know what the snippet/project is.

@Sorasyn Yes, that's my thought. I'd also like to include a bit of the description below snippet titles.