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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 expec

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).

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).