oliver,
@oliver@lemmy.ca avatar

The pupose of a Like button is to express that you like the post.

And even if this was the reasoning – which is baffling enough as it is

What is baffling about it? The function fulfills exactly the purpose that its name promises.

it wouldn’t make sense since the whole point of boosting something is to tell the public that you like a post.

With a boost, you pass the post to your followers. This is a different feature accordingly.

Like before Boost often seems useful, but hardly in case of bad news.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • mastodon@lemmy.ml
  • cisconetworking
  • DreamBathrooms
  • thenastyranch
  • magazineikmin
  • osvaldo12
  • everett
  • Youngstown
  • mdbf
  • slotface
  • rosin
  • GTA5RPClips
  • ngwrru68w68
  • kavyap
  • InstantRegret
  • megavids
  • cubers
  • khanakhh
  • ethstaker
  • tacticalgear
  • Durango
  • normalnudes
  • tester
  • modclub
  • provamag3
  • Leos
  • anitta
  • JUstTest
  • lostlight
  • All magazines