Boosts are the key to social media & human society. They make both people feel good cause the boosted feels valued & the booster feels like they bestowed a gift. They create a sense of connection/understanding. And going viral makes it feel like a community. Big picture, it's how humans flourish. Building culture by sharing ideas and art.
It's what algos do essentially, so we just have to do more of that here (chosen by human not corporate incentives) to make up for not having them.
rolle