Also, I noticed something a little interesting just now:
Facebook has Like, Love, Haha, Wow and Angry.
Some people use Love and ‘strong like’. Sometimes I use it as a ‘oh my god, the thing you experiencing seems really profoundly human and resonates with me and I’m connecting with you right now’ (and this is most interesting to me when the thing they’re posting is an abstract philosophical thing or argument, that for some reason I find heart-inducing)
But the Love is not costless. It carries… a similar quality but lower magnitude of the social awkwardness of hugging someone you don’t know. It feels kinda weird (to me).
How willing I am to Love something that somebody posted varies on how well I know the person, and how strongly the thing resonates with me. And this… seems kinda… good? The barrier to entry is rooted in something more human. Or something.
Also, I noticed something a little interesting just now:
Facebook has Like, Love, Haha, Wow and Angry.
Some people use Love and ‘strong like’. Sometimes I use it as a ‘oh my god, the thing you experiencing seems really profoundly human and resonates with me and I’m connecting with you right now’ (and this is most interesting to me when the thing they’re posting is an abstract philosophical thing or argument, that for some reason I find heart-inducing)
But the Love is not costless. It carries… a similar quality but lower magnitude of the social awkwardness of hugging someone you don’t know. It feels kinda weird (to me).
How willing I am to Love something that somebody posted varies on how well I know the person, and how strongly the thing resonates with me. And this… seems kinda… good? The barrier to entry is rooted in something more human. Or something.
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