An Old Issue But Still Going On

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I am referring to people who will take it as a personal insult or even an attack when I do not "like" their statuses or posts or pictures on social media. I have very few friends, and quite a lot of "friends" on social media, like Facebook. I am not even active on there; my main reason for even having one is to have an instant connection with my parents and siblings who are 9,000 miles away. Imagine how expensive text messages and phone calls will be. Social media instant messages is the cheapest way to stay connected with them. I maintain other social media accounts, like LinkedIn, because some of our company training are administered through their learning platform. Then I have Instagram for selling my stuff. Yesterday, I went to pick up some groceries from Walmart and I saw a "friend". After exchanging some pleasantries, she asked me if she can be frank with me. I told her by all means, and imagine my shock and confusion when she expressed her disappointment with me because I no longer "like" her Facebook posts. I mean honestly, how can you even answer that? It seems like it keeps happening to me, I keep disappointing people left and right because I am not good with the whole social media protocol of distributing "likes" and "comments". My younger self would have told her that she should get used to being disappointed then, because she can shove it. But now that I am older, I just choose my battles. I told her that it is so unfortunate that she feels that way, but I assure her that when I am done for the day being a wife, daughter, sister, friend, career woman, a small business owner, a creative writer, a freelance worker, and a volunteer, then I will go through her Facebook and "like" it all. She just said "okay, see you." I have never seen her maneuver her cart that fast.