Well, at the very least, he’s offered a little suggestion to Twitter, while on Twitter. This morning, he wrote: “Would you rather be respected or liked? Imagine if we didn’t have ‘Like’ buttons, but instead, we had ‘Respect’ buttons. Would you rather have 110 Likes or 34 Respects?”
Here is his original tweet this morning, which quickly gained traction around Twitter.
The question Tebow poses also seems to hold some deeper philosophical meaning to the Heisman Trophy winner. Many of his followers offered simple words of approval of the message. Others, though, had some fun at his expense.
Anyone who knows anything about Tim Tebow knows he’s a devout Christian. He frequently speaks at churches, as well as commits considerable time and financial resources to Christian charities and philanthropic causes. This is a fact that was not ignored by some people commenting in the thread.
Several people mentioned a preference for lust, perhaps poking fun at Tebow, who famously maintained he would remain a virgin until marriage. (He married Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters–a South African model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2017–in January of this year.)
Twitter being Twitter means many of the comments got downright weird.
There were also a strangely sizable amount of replies that included references to The Office. Particularly popular was Michael Scott (as portrayed by Steve Carell) musing about whether he’d rather be loved or feared. (His answer: “Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.”)
As of press time, Tebow’s post had received more than seven and a half thousand “likes.” For now, anyway, we have no idea now many “respect” button clicks it could have garnered.
Twitter has not yet commented on whether it would consider dropping the “like” button for a “respect” option.
