There is an entire generation who uses the word “like” as an interrupt word similar to um and uh. Speakers train themselves to pause instead of using these words. My daughter was saying “like” so many times that I used a counter app to track how many times she said it. But everyone, even geniuses, understands that you don’t use this word in writing. There is no need to write in a pause. And yes, even tweets count as writing.
Written versus Spoken Language
