just here for the chips & dip
Dan GoodinA reminder that Mastodon has no algorithm that pushes posts favorited by others. This is a fundamental difference with the way Twitter works. If you like a toot and want others to see it, the best way to do that is to boost. Favoriting a post helps the author know you liked it but doesn't do much more.
raymondo@dangoodin good to know, sending this li’l note along to reinforce the ⭐️
Thomas Reed@dangoodin It’s pretty straightforward, but so different from what people are used to with social media, so it’s not immediately obvious.
Puppykit@dangoodin but also, smol internet hug. Faves don't boost anything, but they're still worthwhile ^
demize@dangoodin mastodon does have trends, and favoriting posts increases the trend score, so it does a little more than just send a notification to the author :p
it's not like twitter where it will shove things you like in other peoples' feeds, it's just... good, actually. favoriting posts should be encouraged!
patrickco
cultdev@dangoodin it shows other people, too. high starcounts get me to pay more attention to something in my feed
i find this “favs are worthless” mentality is what makes my home feed so cluttered and exhausting, despite following under 100 accounts – everyone on mastodon reposts everything they like, pretty much. i’d prefer people reposting less and starring more, tbh…
Laura Lis Scott@dangoodin @Npars01 Me, I like likes. They tell me my post was appreciated, and here in the fedi where we have actual conversations, those likes matter, they’re like nods and mmm-hmm and calls of support and they are welcome! Of course, if people decide my post is something they want to share with their followers, that’s really nice too.
Lauma Pret ♡ ᪲᪲᪲🌈@dangoodin @Liene
Yeah, I realy like this feature. Finally I can just throw around my likes as compliments without thinking about some kind of repercussions.
Yeah, I realy like this feature. Finally I can just throw around my likes as compliments without thinking about some kind of repercussions.
Resuna@dangoodin Reminder that they still need to fix https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/18693
Option to limit boosts in timeline better by setting the falloff in "Group Boosts" · Issue #18693 · mastodon/mastodon
Pitch The falloff for the "group boosts" feature is currently hard-coded to 40 but should be an option to be set by the user. Motivation The setting "group boosts" hides multiple boosts, but after ...