I read this elsewhere: If trusted news outlets would start offering #Mastodon instances to their staff, that would bring some sort of verification and visibility. Think social.nytimes.com, social.heise.de etc. I'd love to read more from trusted journalists on the #fediverse and this could greatly help. (Again, not my idea but couldn't find the original author.) Boosts for visibility would be great. Reminder: Favorites don't help as on this other platform.
@ralf What is the correct use of Favourites (which this Canadian appreciates is spelled with "our" in my interface)? On any social media platform, whether it feeds into an algorithm or not, I've always used it as "I like/find interesting what you just said/shared here." I do use boost/retweet/repost, etc. to further distribute posts that I think others would also like or benefit from ...
@bookgaga @ralf That is the only use there is: favourites have no utility for the social itself.
The person you favourites gets a notification about it.
It's pretty much like saying: I like what you said but I have nothing to add and still wanted you to know about it.
If you really like a post you should boost it to let others know about it.
Liking a post is mainly for when someone has been kind to you but what he wrote isn't so important that you want to share it with other people.
In general, you shouldn't like posts too much but rather reply to them.
@rastinza Since you personally don't like favourites, I'm just acknowledging your comments - thanks! ;)