>> Oh wow, this is like classic twitter where the favstar doesn't increment.
That is by design, to reduce people's anxiety on the reactions to their posts. It's all across mastodon, all instances. You can see the actual stats if you click on the post itself.
>> promise not to abuse this EXTREME 16 bit character count...
LOL, thanks, it's nice to see people who recognize the 2^16 max toot limit's roots.