A lot of people seem to "like" tweets for reasons other than liking the tweet.
If you use Twitter, you probably know that. So, liking a tweet is not very similar to up-or down-voting on Reddit or HN, which is private.
These alternative uses is why people say often in their bio that "likes" do not imply endorsement, but it's so common to say that that I didn't even mention it on my bio, though of course it's still the case.