@nikki

I've always said that those people who post all about the 'good things/deeds' that they do, are not doing it because it's the right thing to do, but because they can use it to promote themselves and attempt to change others perceptions of them.

If I see posts like that... There's no way I'm going to boost or fave it.

I'm not helping some ones shallow self promotion. 🙂

@nikki

Nikki,

I see what you mean.

My statements to "not favorite" were misguided. I've been editing those ISWYS toots to reflect that. I need to go farther back.

Thanks for speaking out and encouraging a social conscience.

Kitsy

@nikki I can't think of a better way to waste oxygen and time on social media than to try and police other people not using social media functions.

😐

However I wonder if the fascist crowd is trying to get it out there to itself that hitting "LIKE" isn't going to get you a million views so they'll try to actually engage and boost more instead to get their nuttery out there 🤔

@nikki I didn't know favourites didn't affect the algorithm here. I like that!

I never did participate in liking/favouriting things to add to an algorithm. I usually just favourite/like things as a, "Thanks for posting that! I liked it!" or "I agree," or "I might want to remember this later."

I've always seen it as being between me and the OP.

@nikki Isn't that the point though? If you add it to favourites that's just your super secret stash of dank memes you can look back on. Boosting causes the message to get spread through other instances, generating more social interactions.

I would have never seen this post if it wasn't boosted.

@nikki right on! 👍 I've been thinking more and more about how much algorithms rob humans of our very adaptive and useful skill of listening to each other. We have good cultural practices, all over our species of telling the truth, of valuing other peoples experiences and knowledge.

Tom Hartman talked about this on his program yesterday too, so it's fresh on my mind. There is legislation in the works to make regulation that algorithms be transparent! I support this.

Algorithms are made to enhance attention, thus maximize dollars for those selling the means to get heard.

We do that on our own, but without the motivation of profit, power consolidation, or revenge.

I feel that we are a more peaceful species when we communicate socially, directly, without algorithms interrupting and prevaricating our exchanges of ideas.