Sara6d ago

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

Show threadRo✨️6d ago
@sarae I personally don’t fav because favs don’t autodelete as far as I can tell! But favs are great if you’re not worried about that!
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦1d ago
@Recalcitrant @sarae do you mean "faved toots of others" or "my own toots, which someoone has fav'd" do not autodelete?
Show threadRo✨️1d ago
@deborahh @sarae when I fav a post the fact that I’ve fav’d it is there forever afaict
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦1d ago
@Recalcitrant @sarae ah, I see.
But, at least, unlike Xitter, only you and the OP can see that you liked it.
Well, and it makes the post itself searchable on your instance.
Show threadRo✨️1d ago
@deborahh @sarae oh nice I didn’t realize the fav list wasn’t accessible to others…
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦

@Recalcitrant @sarae one way I use likes is this:
My posts ares set to autodelete after X time.
*Except* any post with at least 1* like.
So if I make a toot and want it to not autodelete, I just go and Like it!

* configurable. I set it to 1.

Mar 20 at 4:25pmWeb
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦1d ago
@Recalcitrant @sarae (also: if you Like my post, and then I edit it, you get a notification - or not, depending on your notification settings).
Show threadRo✨️1d ago
@deborahh @sarae yes, I know about that setting and have it on! I just don’t want the list of every other post I’ve ever liked to be saved anywhere
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦1d ago
@Recalcitrant @sarae "anywhere"? Or "anywhere in the US"? 🤭
Show threadRo✨️1d ago
@deborahh @sarae anywhere!