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Why do citizens of the #fediverse appear to favour 'boosting' posts, over just 'liking' them? I was never a big Twitter fiend, but the culture around appreciating stuff seems different?
@dynamite_ready Since there's no algorithms (except the discover tab), the next best way for people to find new accounts is with boosted posts.
The highest honour a post can get is you showing your followers the post, you know?
@maksu @dynamite_ready Basically this. In Fedi, "liking/faving" a toot ends up being used more as a read receipt. It's largely just between you and the author. It gets saved in your "favourites" and the author gets a notification from your interaction
"Boosting" then becomes the only way of "adding reach" to a toot. The action that makes more people see it (other than actively joining the discussion, etc...)
@dynamite_ready Because there is no ‘algorithm’, there isn’t a way for a post to be seen outside of your existing follower circle in most cases. A user boosting a post shares it with their followers, which allows it to reach people outside your circle.
Favouriting/liking/starring usually sends a notification to the poster and makes a number go up, but does nothing for discoverability or syndication.
@dynamite_ready because liking doesn't help the posts visibility at all. Nobody can see likes beyond your instance and the instance of the content you're "liking".