Post #2634521 · Elektrine

2023-05-12 15:34 UTC

@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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@puddleofchaos@kolektiva.social 2023-05-12 17:13

@pixelpusher220@universeodon.com @design_law@mastodon.social Mastodon didn't "change" anything, this is how it used to work everywhere before Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and newer sites like TikTok decided that likes should contribute to visibility now. They're the ones that changed, Mastodon simply decided not to follow suit

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@yordansic@mastodon.online 2023-05-13 00:14

@pixelpusher220@universeodon.com No one is obligated to boost anything.

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@falcon@mindly.social 2023-05-13 05:10

@pixelpusher220@universeodon.com @design_law@mastodon.social mastodon is doing the way it has been since social media’s inception, until a few years ago. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, they all had chronological feeds until a while back - Twitter was like, 4 or 5 years ago - and the change to add these algorithms seems to irritate people more than please then So Mastodon is doing it right

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@pixelpusher220@universeodon.com 2023-05-13 07:29

@design_law@mastodon.social muting this since people alternating between pedantic and outright hostile

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