Brutkey

Fedi.Tips
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@Brian@veganism.social

The numbers and favourites below a post are lower priority on here, and they don't necessarily get updated as often or as widely as the numbers on the original version of a post. You can check what the most accurate numbers and favourites are on a post by going to its "original page", more info at
https://fedi.tips/what-are-original-pages-in-mastodon

Brian
@Brian@veganism.social

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I see it now, went to this: https://wetdry.world/@micr0/115375745664561354 post and although it shows 1 Favourite for me, I went to the server it's hosted on and suddenly…1.500 Favourites…Now the Fediverse seems way bigger than it did to me.


Fedi.Tips
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@Brian@veganism.social

Yup! Basically, it's easier not to pay attention to numbers on here, they aren't considered important
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There was concern from the developers and early users on here about how people were trying to "farm" numbers on Twitter, Instagram etc. By downplaying the numbers, it avoids encouraging lots of fake engagement. That's why you can't even see the numbers if you're just browsing your main timeline, to prevent them mattering so much.

Brian
@Brian@veganism.social

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Really smart, great job on whoever came up with that.