Question

Why do my answers always have an automatic like of my own?

Answer 1

Think of it like this: since you posted the answer, it is automatically assumed that you also like the answer, or else you wouldn't have posted it in the first place.

Chris touched on this issue here, check it out

http://socratic.org/questions/when-you-answer-a-question-why-does-it-automatically-make-you-say-thank-you-for-