Notifications for boosts/favorites on my boost

[saschanaz]

Pitch

Notify when my followers boosted/favorited the posts that I boosted.

Motivation

It's quite encouraging when I boost some artwork and my friends boost/favorite that too. It's a daily reminder that we share the interest, and that encourages me to boost similar artworks more for those friends. But currently it's hard to see that unless I'm watching at the timeline exactly when the boost happened.

(I think there should be some early suggestions as this is the feature Twitter already has, but I couldn't find it 🤔)

[Schlaftablette]

I would also like to see that. (Not limited to followers but anyone who boosted/liked the post.)

[Drago245]

I'd like to respectfully insert a dissenting voice. These types of notifications do more harm than good in my experience. It's easy to get sucked into unending engagement when every little move is rewarded with a 'good job' notification, and people such as myself can get over-invested in them and even begin to depend on them.

I don't know if I'm the minority here, but I appreciate the more community-like, laid-back feel of Mastodon, so if this were implemented I'd at least hope for a toggle.

[ViewportGames]

This is an extremely valuable feedback mechanism that Mastodon should have. When I retweet something on Twitter that none of my followers Like or Retweet, that tells me it’s not something anyone else appreciates and I should think about if it’s something I should avoid in the future to not clutter their timeline. If a RT does get some Likes or Retweets then I feel good about continuing to share that kind of content. Without this feature, there’s no opportunity to curate one’s boosts to match the expectations of followers—we’re boosting completely ignorant of how the boosts are being received until people get so fed up they finally select “Hide Boost from @ user”.

[gurubert]

I'd like to respectfully insert a dissenting voice. These types of notifications do more harm than good in my experience. It's easy to get sucked into unending engagement when every little move is rewarded with a 'good job' notification, and people such as myself can get over-invested in them and even begin to depend on them.

I don't know if I'm the minority here, but I appreciate the more community-like, laid-back feel of Mastodon, so if this were implemented I'd at least hope for a toggle.

Make that feature opt-in and hide it in advanced options.

[mediapinta]

I need this feature 😁 And I agree it can be quite addictive and should be opt-in 👌

[rainlights]

I need this, too :) The way I see it, the moment someone boosts something, they coopt it, so it should be treated just like anything else they post, and I want to be able to express my gratitude to them. Sharing is at the heart of online culture.

Under the current system, I never "like" any memes, news items or funny content. I don't care if the cat's owner on the other side of the planet gets their 2081st like for their pet pic (and probably neither do them), but I want to signal my friend who boosted it "that was great, thanks for sharing, keep them coming!"

Also agree it shouldn't be limited to followers. If some stranger likes or boosts a certain type of information I boosted, this can lead to interesting new networks,

And making it optional for people who generally dislike any kind of "reward system" for fear of addiction would be fine, I just want the option, There's never a way to know for sure if someone else is checking their notifications. I still "like" their stuff as long as I know they could see it, but there's zero incentive to do so if I know the software doesn't even tell them.

[marousta]

Thank you, everyone, for putting my thoughts into words. I couldn't have expressed it better. I hope this will be implemented soon! 🙏
See you soon on the timelines :)