Hey new people!
A guide to some Fediverse terms:
Toot = Post (named after the Mastodon mascot, in theory)
Favourite = Like (there's a separate Bookmark function if you really want to keep track of posts)
Boost = Re-Tweet, shares a post with your followers
Instance = Server = The site you signed up on, each server is independent
Birdsite = Hellsite = Twitter
Fediverse = This place you're on right now, reading this. Mastodon is one kind of server on here, but there are many other types.
@feditips isn’t the protocol to boost more than like too?
I'm not sure what you mean?
Boost shares posts with your followers, and it also makes the post appear higher in the trending posts list.
@feditips I saw on another instance that they recommending boosting instead of favoriting to help promote others content. I feel like I see more boosts than favs myself. But I do both anyway lol
Yeah, boosts are what make a post be more widely seen because there's no algorithm on here.
Favourites are mainly to just let the person know you liked their post.