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I'm bummed. I used stars as a "save-for-later" feature. I like the idea of having the option to explicitly endorse something you like, but I will miss the bookm

I'm bummed. I used stars as a "save-for-later" feature. I like the idea of having the option to explicitly endorse something you like, but I will miss the bookmark functionality. Even Facebook has a "save" feature (a little hidden in a menu, but that's ok for me) and they seem to use it effectively for engagement purposes. I think Twitter is missing an opportunity here.

moron4hire 11y ago
It's literally just a change of icon. You may continue to use it exactly as you were using it before.
- codezero 11y ago
  If it were that simple, they wouldn't write a post about their justification for choosing a heart over a star, and changing it from favorite to like. They expect the underlying behavior/use to change, or they wouldn't have bothered making such a significant change to a core feature. This would be like changing Retweet to Share.
  - ablation 11y ago
    But is that stopping YOU from behaving like that if you know it's literally just a change of icon? And if the change of icon bothers people that much, just install Tweetdeck. It's still a star in there (much like other inconsistencies across Twitter's apps/platforms).
    - codezero 11y ago
      Yes, it's likely to change my behavior because the change is so visible it makes me think about it, and the best interaction is one I don't have to think about. Twitter has asked developers to update their apps to reflect the change, if you don't your app will be blocked, so, there's that.
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      - moron4hire 11y ago
        So you are thinking about it right now. You haven't come to a decision yet on how your behavior would change? Why would you need to completely reconsider this every time you click the button? If you're worried people might think you're endorsing tweets now, let me reassure you, people thought you were endorsing tweets before.
        codezero 11y ago
        I never claimed my concerns were rational :) everything you've said is.
  - moron4hire 11y ago
    That's literally what retweeting is.
    - codezero 11y ago
      Is it? In most other social networks Sharing has the connotation that this will post the content to another social network, not propagate it within it. Sharing on Facebook is self-contained, but not always. But I know, my point is that this is not a functional change, but a change in name and iconography that will affect behavior. They wouldn't have changed it, if they didn't think it would change the behavior to be what they desire (more new users using it).
- armandososa 11y ago
  Well… duh. But, the thing is, I also want the reaction functionality. If somebody makes an hilarious comment I want her to know that I deeply appreciate his wit. But if somebody posts a long article about cats and I want to read it later I want to just bookmark it. See, I don't know if I like it because I haven't read it.
  - moron4hire 11y ago
    Before today, did you know those links were your favorite before reading them?

moron4hire 11y ago

It's literally just a change of icon. You may continue to use it exactly as you were using it before.

codezero 11y ago
If it were that simple, they wouldn't write a post about their justification for choosing a heart over a star, and changing it from favorite to like. They expect the underlying behavior/use to change, or they wouldn't have bothered making such a significant change to a core feature. This would be like changing Retweet to Share.
- ablation 11y ago
  But is that stopping YOU from behaving like that if you know it's literally just a change of icon? And if the change of icon bothers people that much, just install Tweetdeck. It's still a star in there (much like other inconsistencies across Twitter's apps/platforms).
  - codezero 11y ago
    Yes, it's likely to change my behavior because the change is so visible it makes me think about it, and the best interaction is one I don't have to think about. Twitter has asked developers to update their apps to reflect the change, if you don't your app will be blocked, so, there's that.
    - deleted 11y ago
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    - moron4hire 11y ago
      So you are thinking about it right now. You haven't come to a decision yet on how your behavior would change? Why would you need to completely reconsider this every time you click the button? If you're worried people might think you're endorsing tweets now, let me reassure you, people thought you were endorsing tweets before.
      - codezero 11y ago
        I never claimed my concerns were rational :) everything you've said is.
- moron4hire 11y ago
  That's literally what retweeting is.
  - codezero 11y ago
    Is it? In most other social networks Sharing has the connotation that this will post the content to another social network, not propagate it within it. Sharing on Facebook is self-contained, but not always. But I know, my point is that this is not a functional change, but a change in name and iconography that will affect behavior. They wouldn't have changed it, if they didn't think it would change the behavior to be what they desire (more new users using it).
armandososa 11y ago
Well… duh. But, the thing is, I also want the reaction functionality. If somebody makes an hilarious comment I want her to know that I deeply appreciate his wit. But if somebody posts a long article about cats and I want to read it later I want to just bookmark it. See, I don't know if I like it because I haven't read it.
- moron4hire 11y ago
  Before today, did you know those links were your favorite before reading them?