Cooled take: Likes as stochastic retweets was a good idea. It has good ambient intimacy properties.
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But, then I realized, the signal is actually pretty strong and useful because it lets you say "I see you" (like in your gif) but also lets other people know you're nodding at something. Not RT-level power; but still, it surfaces some hard-to-surface preferences.
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I want that because it's good ambient intimacy. For example, somehow
@MaureenBug and I slowly got to know each other because of like-entanglement. And that's great because we got to meet and she's a delight (who needs to take me tidepooling eventually)!https://twitter.com/hypatiadotca/status/1191157202339254272 … - 3 more replies
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