2023-05-12 14:38 UTC
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@skotchygut@social.tummyacid.net 2023-05-12 15:11
@design_law@mastodon.social and just knowing that like came from someone who actually wanted to read my comment instead of some black box corporate entity finding it in their shareholders’ interest makes it so much more validating.
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@SailorDisco@mastodon.social 2023-05-12 15:25
@design_law@mastodon.social The way I see it, liking a post is an act of kindness.
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@MnGardener81@urbanists.social 2023-05-12 15:28
@design_law@mastodon.social agree. It helps keep me here and reminds me that hashtags help.
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@pixelpusher220@universeodon.com 2023-05-12 15:34
@design_law@mastodon.social likes are good but don't increase the visibility of the post. To me a like here is a personal acknowledgement of thx. You have to Boost if you want anyone else to see it. The problem is that #mastodon fundamentally changed what the *vast* majority of ppl think it means to 'Like' something. Don't call it the same thing as something but then make it different.
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@BarrenPlanet@calckey.social 2023-05-12 15:40
@design_law@mastodon.social If I boosted everything I favourited, my TL would be a confusing bin fire for new followers! I mean, I enjoy all the whimsical pictures of moss, dad jokes and such like, but chances are those following for the geopolitics probably don't. If you're a single-interest account, sure, boost don't like. But if you're broadly interested in all sorts of things, boost only what you think followers will enjoy and favourite the rest!
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@MostlyTato@mstdn.social 2023-05-12 15:43
@design_law@mastodon.social I favourite what I like (which is not always something I want to boost), I boost what I want to share (which is not always something I like), and I comment when I have something to add. I ignore people who tell me I should behave in a particular way to suit them, like always boosting instead of liking. I have a few people that boost boost boost and I've had to turn off boosts for them or get my timeline spammed.
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@AmiW@mastodon.online 2023-05-12 15:55
@design_law@mastodon.social 👍😘💕
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@chris@mstdn.strafpla.net 2023-05-12 16:01
@design_law@mastodon.social And it helps the author to find interesting people!
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@pmroman@home.social 2023-05-12 16:01
@design_law@mastodon.social Absolutely!
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@staidwinnow@mastodon.social 2023-05-12 16:10
@design_law@mastodon.social I LIKE toots that I find amusing, relatable, or insightful. I boost toots that I would like to see get engagement from more people. Sometimes, I do both. Or neither.
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@catselbow@fosstodon.org 2023-05-12 16:12
@design_law@mastodon.social By clicking a star, I cause a little squirt of neurotransmitters inside the brain of someone potentially halfway around the world. What could be more significant than that?
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@Fragglemuppet@fandom.ink 2023-05-12 16:17
@design_law@mastodon.social Also, I have to wonder how many of the people who say their numbers don't matter to them are being completely honest with themselves? The numbers I get here still just make me feel good!
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@birdpoof@universeodon.com 2023-05-12 16:24
@design_law@mastodon.social It can lead to finding new followers and followees too. And like others, my account tends to be really broad in interests so just boosting everything makes me feel like a damn spammer instead. Curation happens on many levels, and a personal feed still should have some. I've always been mystified by the people shouting DO NOT LIKE (favorite), BOOST! because why does the button even exist, then? Remove it if it's that big a deal.
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@elisa@dftba.club 2023-05-12 16:26
@design_law@mastodon.social it’s so weird to me that people don’t view likes as a lil thumbs up to the poster. Like why would you think about communicating with an algo before the actual person posting
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@mykl@infosec.exchange 2023-05-12 16:47
@design_law@mastodon.social Because I really don't need to go viral, but demonstrations of solidarity are appreciated.
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@wndlb@mas.to 2023-05-12 17:09
@design_law@mastodon.social I think of them as the equivalent of a Zoom thumbs-up.👍
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@eebeejay@mastodon.social 2023-05-12 17:15
@design_law@mastodon.social I love the little dopamine hit of people liking my posts. It would be great if they boosted them but I'll take whatever engagement I can get.
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@hughster@mastodon.social 2023-05-12 17:16
@design_law@mastodon.social There *is* an algorithm for them to feed: Trending Posts (Explore > Posts in the standard web interface), which shows the most Boosted OR Favourited posts on your server over the last day or so. It's where I found this post! So, "favourite" away to your heart's content in the knowledge that you're not only showing appreciation but also helping promote the post.
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@Nonya_Bidniss@mas.to 2023-05-12 17:26
@design_law@mastodon.social Agreed!
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@charette@lor.sh 2023-05-12 17:27
@design_law@mastodon.social I see "reply", "boost", "favourite", and "bookmark". There is no "like" button.
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@pmbryant@masto.ai 2023-05-12 17:33
@design_law@mastodon.social completely agree!
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@design_law@mastodon.social 2023-05-14 10:37
Fedi, I love you, but you can be exhausting. - This post was referring to a specific argument I've seen multiple times here, namely that people shouldn't like/favorite/star things because they don't raise the visibility of posts in other peoples' feeds. - I'm not interested in fighting over whether the latter is/should be called an "algorithm." - I wasn't talking about the "explore" tab. - If you haven't seen people make the argument I'm responding to: Cool, whatever. Scroll on.