Comment on Testing Boosts on Meta
Lilly@meta.discourse.org 2 months ago
i seriously don’t understand the point of this feature if we have reactions already. what am i missing here? what is the benefit of a boost vs like or reaction?
is it akin to a mastodon boost and will it work with activity pub?
I’m teetering back and forth on whether this would be useful or not.
On one hand I understand it helps
limitcontain a reply like I would’ve done to yours, which would’ve just been “unfortunately I agree”… Albiet the character limit hindered my full response. The way I see it is it is like a descriptive reaction that doesn’t clutter the topic. For example if I just hearted/liked your reply you have to somewhat assume an interpretation (I realize the solution may just be add more reaction options, though).One benefit that I could see it it’s another rung in the engagement ladder for people to interact more. My community is very introverted and reluctant to reply, so perhaps this reply-lite may entice them more.