Them: Faving posts on Mastodon is useless, only the OP sees it.

Me, when a post gets faved: awwww, little internet hug ✨

@Lilliana_S
So no one can see what I like outside of op? Oh, I'm gonna love this.

I was always so anxious about liking things on Twitter because I used it mostly as a bookmark for threads I didn't want to read at that moment. Wait... Can I still see what I like? I need to better navigate this app.

@gwimo No, the opinion I quoted isn't even true XD
People can see who liked a toot when they go into the stats of said post.
And apparently if you like a toot you also add it to the federated timeline of your server.
However, only OP gets directly notified about your like which is what makes it feel more intimate.

@gwimo nah, honestly I think you're good. While this info is available, people need to actively check it to access it and I think most people don't 🤣

For Mastodon, if you want to have access to a post in the future, I recommend using the bookmark function though.

@Lilliana_S @gwimo
Others than the one who toot it can only see those favourites made by users of the same instance, none of the others. Even if you see no favourite on it, there might be one or more.