Yes and no.
The reason is listed in the acronym I used 
A lot about that particular span of time made no sense whatsoever. Luckily the cat came back so the mice had to stop playing.
It’s like when a band puts out a song and tells people it means whatever they think it means 
I’m assuming that most people are in the mindset I am which has nothing to do with pips. They don’t factor into why I think more likes would be good. My reasons all revolve around being able to use the site as effectively as possible and less posts that just say “out of likes”. Pips never even entered the equation for me. I would gladly trade my pips for more likes 
Not even pushing for more likes anymore but for some reason the pip thing wasn’t even on my radar so I figured I’d mention it 