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> こないだ神社で撮った写真. いっぱいいいねもらっ **ちゃった**

This is a sentence that I saw in the subtitles. What is the reason that ちゃった
is used here. I know that it used for regret/accidents/completed action, but
it seems like something positive happened here.
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grammar meaning word-choice
The meaning of ちゃった in a positive sentence
You're right ちゃう can be used to express an accident or something that is done
completely. And usually it's under the context of a negative light, but it
doesn't necessarily have to be. It can be used in a positive light too.

いっぱいいいねもらっちゃった can be seen as something like "It (the picture I took) received
a ton of likes! (I wasn't expecting that! / Who would have thought this would
happen!?)"

Receiving a lot of likes could still be seen as an accident, even though
nothing negative happened, because you weren't expecting it to actually
happen. Which is indicated by the ちゃう
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