Help A Bestie Out - Tumblr Posts

To add to the list of things I hate and are pissing me off, here's another one. I absolutely hate when people start liking my posts. Commenting is cool but I don't want to know who's read my posts (I DO I DO I DO) and who's tapped the little heart button to drop a like. I hate when the notifications in my notification box start piling up in huge numbers because I lose sight of my answered asks and anything more substantial and relevant.

Can someone please help me out. I want to turn off the like button on Tumblr. Is that even an option? How do you turn off likes and prohibit people from liking your posts? Hmu 😭