I’m now at 472 ‘
received’ in my stats, and since the post last night where I had 469:
- I received 2 on that post
- I received 1
on that post - I received 1
on that post (thanks a lot @ace! 
) - I received another on a different post
- I received a
on a different post
So I think we can say that only the counts towards the Likes stats. (I still don’t understand why @Shamino’s didn’t initially register as a Like for me, but maybe it’s because it was changed from an initial and takes some time for the system to ‘notice’.) Another data point is that if you look in your account’s activity sidebar, there is now an extra section for ☺︎Reactions (given), separate from Likes (given). I have also found one post on the Discourse discussion noting that Reactions don’t contribute to official likes (raised in relation to where these are needed to progress through trust levels):
In summary, whilst several people here see and as interchangeable in meaning, from Discourse’s standpoint they are very different! (Maybe this argues for not having as it creates ambiguity?)