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Post from user r/Mastodon on reddit: On Twitter I mark almost every non-bad post with the "like" button. I do the same on reddit: everything gets an upvote, except the bad stuff. I'm confused about how to engage with Mastodon. Do I press this "favourite" button if I find a post interesting? I can guarantee you that nothing posted to a microblogging platform is going to be my "favourite" anything, so I don't want to press it. Should I be pressing it? What message (semantic or technical) does it send to the user who made the post? Am I now their bestie for life, or just someone that saw their post and thought "huh"?

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Post from user r/Mastodon on reddit: On Twitter I mark almost every non-bad post with the "like" button. I do the same on reddit: everything gets an upvote, except the bad stuff. I'm confused about how to engage with Mastodon. Do I press this "favourite" button if I find a post interesting? I can guarantee you that nothing posted to a microblogging platform is going to be my "favourite" anything, so I don't want to press it. Should I be pressing it? What message (semantic or technical) does it send to the user who made the post? Am I now their bestie for life, or just someone that saw their post and thought "huh"?
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riversidebryan (riversidebryan@hugs.lgbt)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 04:32:01 JST riversidebryan

Interesting question 🤔
I suspect we each use the "favorite" differently
I would love to read your thoughts on when/why to use the "favorite/favourite" (or star) on Fediverse posts
🙌🙌🙌
Please comment your thoughts below 🙏

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