熊柄秋子 (Akiko)Jul 3, 2023

Tip for newcomers:

While giving a ★ to posts you enjoy on Mastodon is nice, it does not help to boost the post in any way. It only shows the creator that you enjoyed their post.

It helps a post on here much more to engage with it by "boosting" which reposts it to your followers, or replying to it!

#feditips

Show threadAyush Agarwal
@Akiko Maybe it’s just me but I use “star” to show that I like a post and “boost” to share something with other people. These are two distinct actions for me. I’m also a bit hesitant about flooding the timelines of the (few) people who follow me with with boosted posts, so I use boost a bit conservatively.
Jul 3, 2023 at 6:10amWeb
Show thread熊柄秋子 (Akiko)Jul 3, 2023
@ayushnix It's not just you, that's what I was trying to explain is the function :)