josemanuel @josemanuel@qoto.org

@kaia Why would he think something like that? I mean, as long as you give it to him like a normal person (as opposed to smiling awkwardly while refusing to make eye contact, for instance), why would anyone get any ideas?

@hund I still use @privacybrowser myself. It's perfectly fine for my needs. (Though I'd like it to have a nice searx instance as default homepage instead of what it has now.)

Whenever I want to accces the web “like a normal person” I don't use my phone. I turn to my desktop computer.

By the way, I didn't mean this comment as a rebuttal of what you said. I just felt like stating my own opinion out loud without aiming to change yours.

@lydiaconwell Can you elaborate, please?

@trinsec
> they all convey a message of some sort anyway which is better than a silent treatment.

And that's why I enjoy replying to people who take the time to reply to me. I honestly appreciate it (even when they disagree with what I said), and I don't think a like can convey that.

@trinsec I don't feel the need to have emoji reactions, but at least they carry some meaning. A like, on the other hand, has none, and even if it did, it would be a very shallow one.

I could be liking your post to signal acknowledgement, or maybe to bookmark it. I could also be liking it ironically, as a lot of people did with my OP.

Whichever it is, my point stands. I get no dopamine rush from likes and no connection with other people either, so, to me, they're useless.

@1iceloops123 We do have actual bookmarks at qoto. I don't know about other instances.

@dcc Have a like, then.

If these people weren't blocking 80% of the Fediverse, maybe they would find out about emoji reactions and realise why _likes fucking suck_.

Likes are meaningless by themselves. “Oh, so you've read what I wrote? Well, I assumed as much, given that I had just _mentioned_ you in my post.”

In my opinion, these people are addicted to the dopamine rush, which is precisely why I ask people NOT to like my posts. If you really, _really_ liked it, leave a comment. That way a real connection can be established between us, which is the point of a social network. And if you think it might be of interest to others, boost it. But likes? They make no sense.

@karolat I'm sorry for being dumb.

@Moon

@Moon My thoughts exactly, but with an h in the middle and a question mark at the end.

@karolat

@Miaourt All the cool kids are doing it already, so what's stopping you?

@freemo That was quick! Thanks!

More spam from mastodon.social coming up! Can we finally silence them permanently, please, @freemo?

@lore Yeah, there are a couple of examples of that in my own code. My rationalisation is that at least in SO they're humans.

@lore That's what I was telling someone the other day, but apparently it's a popular thing these days.