>>77983759Like has literally no function now. What does a personal you-only list accomplish? You can do this same function with a Notepad open. It removes the social media aspect entirely. We also already have bookmark to personally log stuff - so Like is now "bookmark #2" which is profoundly retarded.
I run a Twitter that posts art with a couple K followers and I sometimes have closely scrutinized the likes to see how many are from followers, who seems to always be on the jump getting them in first aka who my real fans are who check on me a lot etc. If what this does is make everyone retweet a lot more maybe I wouldn't mind but I don't think that is gonna happen. Far as I can tell it seems as if 90+% of Likes come from accounts that rarely or never post, and the like is basically their way of feedback @ me. Getting retweets from people with like 50 followers is a mixed feelings thing, like "well thanks for doing this even though it reaches almost nobody.." kind of feel. Likes from important/big artists are also a tool in of themselves, like there are two tiers of interaction, if they like a post alone just being officially acknowledged by a big artist is a big deal because lots of people might snoop that guy's likes and find you. Not anymore. Retweet is like another tier of commitment, people will not just go plunk down 50 RTs because it'll push their own posts and art way down the list and after a certain point the posts tend to get only a tiny trickle of attention even if they were recent but buried under other stuff (like RTs). RT is more for something really exceptional / favored and requires a lot more commitment than a like.
It's almost as if Elon has no idea how his website works. Or he thinks "mub bots" are worth destroying the functionality of the site over.
