I've been creeping around looking at a lot of people's accounts (I'm doing a survey) Noticed that people with very few followers have one thing in common: they have not boosted the posts of other people often if at all.
(When I see posts like this encouraging boosting I always think "well that person just wants boosts, whatever") That's not it. On twitter it was important to only boost exceptional content -- boost here to invite more people to join in talking about something. #mastodonhowto
Some people I'm friends with have other people's boosts turned off, which is strange to me (why follow someone who annoys you at all?) but then sometimes boost stuff themselves... 🤦♂️
That seems hypocritical to me, sorry friends. 😂
I can understand having boosts turned off for some people.
If you just want to see their original top level posts, if they are super active ... (uh like I am) it could be annoying.
I don't think it's ... like a block.
@futurebird No, it's definitely not the same, I just grumpily reject the notion of turning off all boosts (which they did) and then boosting stuff to. your own followers. 😂
But yeah, turning off some boosts on an individual basis is a different thing.
@jph @futurebird Or, put another way, “my boosts don’t stink”
😂
Personally I enjoying seeing what people I follow boost anyway. 🤷♂️
@futurebird yes, completely agreed.
Wrt disabling boosts, I’m solely referring to a friend who wholesale blocks them all and still apparently boosts things. 😂 And I’m not hating on him because I love the man, but I can’t buy that stance.
Maybe he just wants to be like a radio tower. A beacon in the night.
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