Mastodawn

seeing another round of "don't favorite posts on fedi"

folks it is a kind and lovely thing to favorite someone's post and anyone who tells you not to be kind and lovely has told you something about themself

it's true that it doesn't particulary increase the distribution of your post but the idea that we're all here to get things distributed as far as possible is pretty weird

universe 6d ago

@sarae when i say something here and it's a funny/emotional/interesting thing to me, then a friend presses that button, it makes me go "hehehe! they saw that :D"

@awawawa yeah I often use it as a way to let people know I saw their reply in a conversation

or as a "hey, right on"

deer witch 6d ago

@sarae @awawawa yes! I sometimes read as +support +love +you’re seen

in disability communities I feel especially it never vibes “they LIKE that I’m having a brutal week,” it’s “they saw I’m having a brutal week & sent me a boop to know I’m not alone”

I think it’s v weird when I see discourse and ppl are adamant it only means “I like this”. Have your friends not been suffering & do you not boop support?

Greg Johnston 6d ago

@moss @sarae @awawawa Agree. If someone posts that they’re having a hard time, often I might not fully understand why or how and worry about commenting delicately. So I favorite the post to be supportive, to acknowledge their discomfort .

@GPJohnston @moss @awawawa yep exactly this

"hang in there buddy times are tough but I am on Team You and hoping for the best"

@sarae @GPJohnston @moss @awawawa all of this. Yes!

nellie-m 5d ago

@sarae @GPJohnston @moss @awawawa

Sometimes e.g. in the actuallyAutistic group, people post kind of personal things, and even if they didn’t set it to followers only, I sometimes feel it should perhaps stay in the group. Then I just favour it, rather than boost.

Also, I have a pinned post about this very topic 😊

Lisa 🦔6d ago

@moss yeah, I definitely use it as a boop of friendly acknowledgement too.

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@sarae @awawawa

Willow (she/her)6d ago

@mycrowgirl @moss @sarae @awawawa I use it the same. Sometimes I don't have the spoons to reply to someone having a difficult time. I want them to know they aren't alone.

@MsHearthWitch @mycrowgirl @moss @sarae @awawawa The Like/Favourite buttons doesn't only mean "I like this post," no matter what some people claim. It can be:

- I see you
- Support
- I agree with what you wrote
- Etc

@mycrowgirl @moss @sarae @awawawa They should henceforth be known as 'Boops'.

Lisa 🦔6d ago

@runoutgroover absolutely!!!

Also nominate that the collective term for a group of boops be henceforth known as A Kindness of Boops.
@moss @sarae @awawawa

Lisa 🦔6d ago

@runoutgroover someone here could make a great electronic track called Boops and Boosts

Morgan ⚧️5d ago

@moss @sarae @awawawa it's a great way to bridge the gap between "no one cares" and "no one knows what to say"
The latter is a much easier truth to accept!

reticuleena Leena Simon 6d ago

@sarae @awawawa Roughly 33 People just used it the same way ;)