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0 pointsKarunamon10y ago0 comments

I'm not clear on what the semantic difference is between favoriting and liking. Publicly doing either carries a connotation of approval, and the function is unchanged.

Is anyone really, actually, demonstrably confused by this change?

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Nadya10y ago· 2 in thread

Facebook added options to their "Like" button because "Liking" a post about your best friends' husband dying isn't something many people felt comfortable with doing even with understanding what "liking" something does.

I've favorited nothing since the heart change. Because many of the things I favorite are not things I "love" - which is what the heart implies.

>Is anyone really, actually, demonstrably confused by this change?

I'm confused why they felt the need to change it at all. So you can lump me in with people being actually, demonstrably confused.

KarunamonOP10y ago

I've favorited nothing since the heart change.

Why? You know what the function does, and the way you worded your comment implies that there are still things you want to like/favorite, so why not?

lukaslalinsky10y ago

Imagine the icon would change to a skull, or some kind of symbolic cross, without changing the functionality at all. Do you think people would use it as before? The heart icon implies a certain emotion, and many people feel that emotion to be stronger than what they feel towards the tweet.

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