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I’m seriously warming up to zaps and reposts only—no “likes”. Let’s jettison the parts of the past that only feed the machine.

matata 2y ago

when im in an active convo with someone, i often like it just to acknowledge i read the post; kinda like an "i hear ya"; it's a weird habit i developed😂

i tried it out sometimes on twitter; to refrain from liking so much.. it feels so weird 😂

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Shawn 2y ago

I think this is how many of us, myself included, use likes: as a form of acknowledgment.

matata 2y ago

i hope you know how hard it was for me to not like this post rn

Shawn 2y ago

The struggle is real.

nen 2y ago

true, i also do that!

for me like is like “yeah, i agreed with you” or “yeah, i have nothing to add” - bc leaving conversation without a reply *and* a like seems like ghosting or avoiding conversation

or maybe i need to touch some grass - can do that now tho, it’s winter here

nen 2y ago

*can’t do

matata 2y ago

same - moss even

too cold here as well

but we need to stop making excuses also; there's a lot of other stuff we can do still 🤣

Shawn 2y ago

I think this is very common, me included. I’m not sure if we should otherwise enable this “head nod” acknowledgement signal or let it go.

matata 2y ago

there was a time on twitter where we (me and my network there on bitcoin twitter) often tried to refrain from it bc it feeds the algo; we then often used a 🤝 and a reply back to that with a 🤝 to at least end convo's

might be a good alternative for when the urge is really, really high :p

Shawn 2y ago

Great point. I’d say even GFY has been used this way.

matata 2y ago

GFY