One thing I noticed about micro.blog, and it may be the same for mastodon in general (depending on instance I imagine) but strangers that reach out tend to be nice and because of the lower population of users compared to twitter, strangers are MORE likely to reach out. It’s nice!

@Claudia On Micro.blog, I think folks are even more likely to reach out because there is no other mechanism to acknowledge someone’s post. I did miss “likes” quite a bit in the beginning, but since then I’ve gotten used to neither getting or giving them here, and I appreciate more the bit of effort it takes someone to reply.

@jean I just noticed this today, being back to micro.blog after a hiatus, and I do see the point. So here’s my small contribution. Thanks for making micro.blog.

@jean That’s my hope, that the desire will fade. I’m still playing both sides – posting to Micro.blog, which then also gets tweeted – and I feel myself craving those likes. They’re like high fives. But a reply from either platform is like a warm hug, and I appreciate them most.

@jean I agree with you. I never had enough of a following liking my posts to get hooked onto likes, however, I totally understand (and crave) the dopamine rush! I love it when people reply, but that obviously can be a double eye sword if the instance/twitter itself unmoderated