seeing another round of "don't favorite posts on fedi"
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@blag oh I'm a big fan of boosting, obvs
but I also kind of have an idea about "these are the topics I'm sharing news about" and when things are way outside that, it's good to have another tool in the box
I use boosting more like I use sharing articles the the family group texts
@sarae PS. Should have put previous comment in context by saying that I tried for a few months to *only* boost and reply.
This survey, and the replies, brought me back into the starring frame of mind:
Sam at BLAG (@blag@typo.social)
Should I start 'liking/starring' posts again? Context: I've tried to be more actively engaged here by forcing myself to only boost or reply but am now thinking about flexing my star button again. #AskFedi #Fediverse #Mastodon [ ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Other, hit reply
typo.social (typo.social)
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seeing another round of "don't favorite posts on fedi"
folks it is a kind and lovely thing to favorite someone's post and anyone who tells you not to be kind and lovely has told you something about themself
it's true that it doesn't particulary increase the distribution of your post but the idea that we're all here to get things distributed as far as possible is pretty weird
@sarae
To me, Saying "don't favorite posts" is like "don't say 'thank you' in real life"Sure, life works without as well, but come on.. A little appreciation doesn't cost a dime.
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seeing another round of "don't favorite posts on fedi"
folks it is a kind and lovely thing to favorite someone's post and anyone who tells you not to be kind and lovely has told you something about themself
it's true that it doesn't particulary increase the distribution of your post but the idea that we're all here to get things distributed as far as possible is pretty weird
@sarae
Thank you for this.
It prompted me to update my pinned reminders to myself which still reflected the period when I had only recently learned what "Favorite" does here. -
seeing another round of "don't favorite posts on fedi"
folks it is a kind and lovely thing to favorite someone's post and anyone who tells you not to be kind and lovely has told you something about themself
it's true that it doesn't particulary increase the distribution of your post but the idea that we're all here to get things distributed as far as possible is pretty weird
@sarae I often lurk on the /explore section (or it's called "Trending" in the UI/app mostly) and I think it maybe is based on likes? Or is it only based on boosts? Also - I basically hit like on everything I read. To say "I saw that! Post more!"
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@sarae l have always thought it was like giving a friendly wave to someone on the street to let them know I have seen them even if I am not going to stop to chat right now.
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@GPJohnston @moss @awawawa yep exactly this
"hang in there buddy times are tough but I am on Team You and hoping for the best"
@sarae @GPJohnston @moss @awawawa all of this. Yes!
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seeing another round of "don't favorite posts on fedi"
folks it is a kind and lovely thing to favorite someone's post and anyone who tells you not to be kind and lovely has told you something about themself
it's true that it doesn't particulary increase the distribution of your post but the idea that we're all here to get things distributed as far as possible is pretty weird
@sarae
I think I'd rather get a comment, but favorites are nice. -
seeing another round of "don't favorite posts on fedi"
folks it is a kind and lovely thing to favorite someone's post and anyone who tells you not to be kind and lovely has told you something about themself
it's true that it doesn't particulary increase the distribution of your post but the idea that we're all here to get things distributed as far as possible is pretty weird
@sarae It'll never stop being bizarre to me that Twitter turning faves into "retweets...but different" somehow trained people to consider that normal behaviour for that kind of button.
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seeing another round of "don't favorite posts on fedi"
folks it is a kind and lovely thing to favorite someone's post and anyone who tells you not to be kind and lovely has told you something about themself
it's true that it doesn't particulary increase the distribution of your post but the idea that we're all here to get things distributed as far as possible is pretty weird
@sarae this is fun to see because when I first joined fedi i saw things like "If all you do is boost things i will unfollow you"
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seeing another round of "don't favorite posts on fedi"
folks it is a kind and lovely thing to favorite someone's post and anyone who tells you not to be kind and lovely has told you something about themself
it's true that it doesn't particulary increase the distribution of your post but the idea that we're all here to get things distributed as far as possible is pretty weird
@sarae@ecoevo.social lmao what is wrong with people? no you favorite posts to give them a little recognition, it also effectively 'bookmarks' a post, there are other things developers could do with faves if they wanted.
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seeing another round of "don't favorite posts on fedi"
folks it is a kind and lovely thing to favorite someone's post and anyone who tells you not to be kind and lovely has told you something about themself
it's true that it doesn't particulary increase the distribution of your post but the idea that we're all here to get things distributed as far as possible is pretty weird
@sarae ikr - there really should be a round of "how about not telling other people what to do on fedi".
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@awawawa yeah I often use it as a way to let people know I saw their reply in a conversation
or as a "hey, right on"
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@mycrowgirl @moss @sarae @awawawa They should henceforth be known as 'Boops'.
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seeing another round of "don't favorite posts on fedi"
folks it is a kind and lovely thing to favorite someone's post and anyone who tells you not to be kind and lovely has told you something about themself
it's true that it doesn't particulary increase the distribution of your post but the idea that we're all here to get things distributed as far as possible is pretty weird
@sarae i like this
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@mycrowgirl @moss @sarae @awawawa They should henceforth be known as 'Boops'.
@runoutgroover absolutely!!!
Also nominate that the collective term for a group of boops be henceforth known as A Kindness of Boops.
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@mycrowgirl @moss @sarae @awawawa They should henceforth be known as 'Boops'.
@runoutgroover someone here could make a great electronic track called Boops and Boosts
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seeing another round of "don't favorite posts on fedi"
folks it is a kind and lovely thing to favorite someone's post and anyone who tells you not to be kind and lovely has told you something about themself
it's true that it doesn't particulary increase the distribution of your post but the idea that we're all here to get things distributed as far as possible is pretty weird
@sarae
Anyone who tells me how to use my account gets a big ol' blockity-block-block. Life is too short to put up that type of BS. -
seeing another round of "don't favorite posts on fedi"
folks it is a kind and lovely thing to favorite someone's post and anyone who tells you not to be kind and lovely has told you something about themself
it's true that it doesn't particulary increase the distribution of your post but the idea that we're all here to get things distributed as far as possible is pretty weird
@sarae I've never seen that myself, who does that ?
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@sarae this is fun to see because when I first joined fedi i saw things like "If all you do is boost things i will unfollow you"
@gloriouscow yeah I've seen that go by a couple times and I'm like, well I sure do hope you have fun somewhere else, then, neighbor
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@sarae It'll never stop being bizarre to me that Twitter turning faves into "retweets...but different" somehow trained people to consider that normal behaviour for that kind of button.
@DamonWakes I'm old enough that most of my use of Twitter was before it did that
so I find the insistence that This Is The Way pretty weird
