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   Paul O'Malley (paulomalley@c.im)'s status on Saturday, 21-Jan-2023 16:56:53 JST Paul O'Malley

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   #BOOST, #LIKE or #BOOKMARK?

   Mastodon is extremely different from other platforms in that there is no algorithm or analytics here to dictate what you and others see. As a result, I see people asking things like "When should I boost?", "When should I favourite?" and "How do I save a post?".

   Getting the most likes on a post doesn't really mean anything here and so you can freely favourite peoples posts. This is kind of like saying that you have seen the post and you acknowledge it. Basically the same a s "thumbs up" reaction.

   If you feel that the content should be shared around and seen by more people, the boost is the way to go. This will then proceed to share the post with your followers as well. This knock on effect can help amplify the message in a big way as your followers can then potentially see and boost a post that they otherwise would not have known about.

   Saving a post on other platforms was usually done via liking it etc, but on Mastodon, there is a specific option to bookmark a post. This allows you to easily find it later by visiting its dedicated space in your menu.

   Here is a short video guide showing all of these in action and a bit more explanation on them too.

   Please #boost to help spread the knowledge and if you like the content I make, feel free to subscribe to the channel.

   https://youtu.be/yBs_Mi5_DVs

   #MastodonTips #FediTips