We've experimentally changed the default reaction on catodon.social to a heart (from a star). The star is familiar to fedi users because of Mastodon's "favorite" and is somewhat the current standard, but is not necessarily universally understood as a "like" button outside of the current userbase - I remember when I first came to fedi, I wasn't sure if it was more of a "like" or more of a bookmark (where you can later visit a page with your favorite posts). Facebook uses a thumbs up for the same function and Twitter, Instagram and Threads use a heart. So I think that a heart would be a more obvious and expected like button for new users. We'll leave it like this for a few days, to see how it feels in practice and see what feedback we get - although this isn't a change with the current fedi users (who are already familiar with the star and may not see an issue with it) in mind, but mostly considering future members of #Catodon communities. And after all, we all could use a little more love in our day to day lives! :BlobCat_HeartHug:
