Post #2284297 · Elektrine

2025-01-08 21:20 UTC

@Buchhandlung_am_Bruehl@mastodon.social When you click "favourite": A message goes to the author of the favourited toot saying who "liked" it The favourites counter for that toot goes up. Others can find out who favourited it. That's about it. When a toot is "boosted", then it shows up in the timelines of the followers of the booster. That is separate from "favouriting". When you toot a message, it shows up in the timelines of your followers. I followed your account so I will see your posts.

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@bjb@fosstodon.org 2025-01-08 21:39

@Buchhandlung_am_Bruehl@mastodon.social There are three ways to respond to a toot: Favourite Boost Reply Favourite is a way to let the author know You read their post You like what they said You sympathize with the author's predicament .... ie, it does not necessarily mean the person doing the favourite actually likes the content of the post. But they want to communicate something to you without actually replying.

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@Buchhandlung_am_Bruehl@mastodon.social 2025-01-08 22:20

@bjb@fosstodon.org Thank you for the explanation! We have some experience reading mastodon but no experience in actually interacting, so this helps! Thank you.

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@Buchhandlung_am_Bruehl@mastodon.social 2025-01-10 20:27

@bjb@fosstodon.org Thank you very much for your answers. If we reply to a post, then the reply won't be sent to everybody following, right? Only toots are sent to everybody?

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