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 @user-192 
 
 like, an old post of yours is suddenly interesting again. and you want to
 share it, so you boost your own post. "self-boosting", as you described it
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=== SIMILARITY RANKED ===

--- #1 fediverse/5079 ---
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 what if you boosted everything when someone liked it [when someone liked your
 post] and if they boost it then you read the first couple posts on their
 paragraph, just to say "hey" in return
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--- #2 fediverse/4181 ---
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 reboosting something is an invitation to your followers to comment on it,
 change my mind
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--- #3 fediverse/362 ---
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 if we're encouraged to boost our old toots then I should be allowed to post
 screenshots of my old Reddit posts, right?

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--- #4 fediverse/2157 ---
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 @user-1180 
 
 the reason I say this is sometimes it's necessary to boost a post that doesn't
 have a CW and like, I can't add one of my own, so...
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--- #5 fediverse/1265 ---
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 @user-904 
 
 if people follow me I assume it's an invitation to comment on their posts.
 
 I come from Reddit so maybe I have a different perspective than someone from
 Twitter or Tumblr or whatever.
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║ editing posts is great because you can say one thing, get a like or three, and   │
║ suddenly you have a group chat pre-made for you. Sans notifications of course.   │
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║ ... that's way overkill though. who would even do that?                          │
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║ same people who boost one of your posts whenever they want you to look at the    │
║ thing on their profile. If they want you to see the fourth thing down, they'll   │
║ boost your 4th non-pinned post.                                                  │
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║ wow that's hardcore, who would even do that? Not me, that's for sure, I don't    │
║ have time for that. (legitimately don't have the time nor the brainpower for     │
║ that)                                                                            │
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║ also liked posts are inadmissable in court because they can say one thing,       │
║ then be edited to say another, and if you liked it once then you've liked it     │
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║ However the court of public opinion is a largely different matter, because       │
║ people will generally believe anything a friend tells them.                      │
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║ computers are fun, aren't they? we should totally have more one-to-many          │
║ posting methods that are collected in multiple locations and locally!            │
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--- #7 fediverse/4341 ---
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 if you've liked 100 of my posts in the past, I automatically assume you're
 subconsciously liking them still. Do you really expect anything else from me?
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--- #8 fediverse/1181 ---
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 @user-171 
 
 Hi, I wanted to say that all the posts you boost significantly improve my time
 on the fediverse. I appreciate you and value you, and my feed is made more
 engaging due to  the things you find interesting enough to share. Thank you.
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--- #9 fediverse/2552 ---
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 full time social media teams who mark each post as suitable for the entire
 internet or the trusted viewers (very exclusive club)
 
 that way it seems like everything's fine but you're actually having a
 conversation
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--- #10 fediverse/1041 ---
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 if you follow someone and they don't follow back, does that mean you shouldn't
 comment on their posts?
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--- #11 fediverse/4955 ---
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 "say superfluous on a social media post rn so I know it's you"
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 if you want to share a post without the "fedi algorithm" (as in, the machine
 learning bots who scrape the open web) then share something that's simple and
 benign but located close to your desired message. Include a symbol or
 something for your followers that means "go here and poke around a bit, you'll
 find what I'm pointing at"
 
 alternatively, for a different effect, you can boost things that are saying
 the words you want to say but in a different context. Like someone posts
 something that says "wow so cool" in like a judgey way but you boost it in
 response to something someone else said but like in a "dude that's radical"
 kinda way
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 replying to a post here is weird because it's kinda like... graffiti of their
 ideas onto yours. or like, the space right next to yours.
 
 on reddit, the post is just the topic, and the discussion is what matters.
 
 here, the post is what matters, and discussion is more like Q&A or
 complicated "like" buttons to extend the impression of the original.
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 @user-192 
 
 self-indulgent, where you say things you know you shouldn't, but want to
 because it *feels good*?
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--- #15 fediverse/5348 ---
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 if you want to share something you found online with someone but you don't
 want someone to be associated with their social media presence, don't post a
 link to their social media presence. instead, take a snip snipping tool print
 screen screenshot which is as easy as typing a word and selecting a unit in a
 real time strategy game.
 
 ah, but then you gotta insert it into a paint program to save it, so that's
 another keypress, and gosh what to name it I wish I could just proclaim it gee
 wouldn't it be nice if everyone was watching me?
 
 ... psychho
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 @user-342 
 
 how is that different than speaking your mind into the soup of opinions that
 comprised *checks notes* the people you went to high school with? (facebook)
 
 Except this time, it's a group of people whose opinions you vaguely agreed
 with (as defined by your choice of the instance you dedicate your online
 presence to) which has it's own defined peculiarities like the ability to
 *only show you content you agree with*?
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 @user-1209 
 
 it gives a false sense of security for one thing, and it prevents you from
 adding onto it to explain more.
 
 I'd much rather post a clarification, apology, or updated statement attached
 to the main post than allow others to dictate the conversation.
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 @user-192 
 
 ... wait, who does that? Do you think they're a bot?
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--- #19 fediverse/3399 ---
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 read my posts like a book
 
 from the start, or the end, each is a different story
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 If you're following so many people that you can't read every single post or
 boost they make, then you're following too many people, and the people that
 you are following aren't boosting enough.
 
 Community is forged through short-range bonds, not thoughts-and-prayers. Two
 hands clasped in a shared fist can do much more than your friendships on the
 other side of the globe. I'm not saying be insular, but rather to build the
 bonds you want to protect you, not the ones that make you feel dopamined
 enough to go to work every day.
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--- #21 fediverse/2111 ---
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 when someone deletes what they were typing and starts over, that means they
 have something more to share and you should try and figure out what it is with
 questions.
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 when you comment on someone's post, it's an explicit invitation to conversation
 
 maybe reply guys just wanna have friends
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--- #23 fediverse/1362 ---
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 @user-192 
 
 it suddenly became relevant in your life for a different reason and you wanted
 to share it again to see if anyone wanted to talk about it so you could
 explain your feelings and see perspective from someone who's maybe approaching
 the same or similar thing from a slightly different angle?
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 I spend time on Reddit because it feels like a conversation. Well, it used to.
 Now it's... different.
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 @user-246 
 
 same... I post about so many different types of things it's wild
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--- #26 fediverse/2614 ---
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 literally just... if you want to connect to me, come hang out on my wavelength.
 
 or like, invite me to join yours, and I'll do my best to show how I feel about
 the things you share.
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 @user-1457 @user-1458 @user-687 
 
 that way people who follow you can't collectively decide whether or not you're
 an asshat. it's basically saying "I only want you and people who are like you
 to read this"
 
 ... or do I have it backwards? "I want you, me, and only people like me to
 read this"? which is worse tbh
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 @user-1755 
 
 ... I do that, but I do it because I want to find common subjects to talk
 about. Or I think "if I was working on a project, who can I ask if I need
 help?"
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 double-clicking the star button to let someone know you liked their comment
 without saving it to your "liked posts" feed (which btw is quite fun to scroll
 through if you want to feel nostalgic)
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--- #30 fediverse/6052 ---
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 @user-1895 
 
 I just thought your post was iconic and was made better with the full
 screenshot so you can share it if you want or keep it on your hard drive to
 find sometime in the future and be like "oh ha I remember that"
 
 I didn't keep the post, I just made it for you
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 *people who like you*
 
 or at least are interested in what you have to say
 
 versus public, which is *people who can hear you* (because they happened to be
 listening at that time of day)
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--- #32 fediverse/4219 ---
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 fediverse software that doesn't notify someone when you boost their post
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 are you about to delete a post that you thought was funny, but actually wasn't
 once you wrote it down and read it to yourself?
 
 STOP
 
 write it down on a post-it and put it under your desk or behind a drawer
 
 put it in a .txt file in a random directory on your computer
 
 send it as a text message to yourself
 
 write it down, take a picture of it, and then burn the paper
 
 y'know, typical stuff like that
 
 do this and I guarantee you won't regret it
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