The Mastodon design closely resembles those of other social media apps: buttons for Reply, Repost, Favourite & Bookmark.
However, those apps are algorithm-driven and don't care if you boost a post. For Mastodon boosting is the lifeblood of the network; that is *our* algorithm.
A design that implies that Boost is no more important than Fav is a flawed design.
1. Put Fav behind "..."
2. Make Boost bigger
3. When viewing a user, move boosts from Posts to Posts and Replies.
#Mastodon
David Njoku /
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2025-01-15 14:29:39
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