Probably TMI but here's a draft flowchart of what goes through my brain when I'm considering whether to boost an image. Not included but of course important: (1) Is image made by a human? (2) Is there something in the body of the text that's mildly interesting? (3) Is account an actual person active on the platform? (4) Are number of hashtags in Goldilocks zone? #boosts #AltText #copyright #photography #accessibility #boosting #CreativeCommons
Eye'll admit it, Eye boost a heckuva lot.
My bio even announces that Eye do.
Some people can accept that because they like the stuff that Eye boost.
For those of you who are convinced that Eye boost too much, there's THIS:
https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/114207195389969871
#SocialMedia #Boosting #FediTips #TuckersBalls
There are days when I clearly #boost too much because I think it might interest others.
Tip: If someone boosts too much, you don't need to mute that person. You can click on the 3 dots at the top of each profile and select ‘hide boosts from XY’. Then you will only read what the persons babble themselves.
@50years_music Yeah, most #Mastodon people seem to dislike #boosting. The outermost action seems to be #faving.
Nudging or #boosting – which behavioural approach works best for decision-making? 
In a review paper, researchers MPI for Human Development suggest that #boosting - empowering rather than steering - can lead to lasting, informed decisions even amid manipulative choice architectures. Read the review paper here
: https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-psych-020924-124753 More: https://www.mpg.de/24041444/0121-bild-boosting-decision-making-skills-149835-x
Poll: What is boosting etiquette?
When you see inspiring things, should you boost lots of things, or does that flood the feeds of followers and just make them want to mute?
Should content creators just post content?
Is boosting recommended, but only sparsely, in moderation?
Do you only recommend multiple account juggling for this?
As one gains in followers, it will be tougher to boost everything.
I do not want to flood peoples feeds in an upsetting way.
Recommendations?
Do you unfollow people who boost a lot?
@_elena precisely that...
One does not simply gain #followers by merely posting & #boosting (unless it's an interesting #bot)…
@BrentToderian the latter one.
#Mastodon and the #Fediverse grow organic and even if you were to buy yourself followers that wouldn't mean you'd have much beyond "Number go up" to show for, as #interactions and people #boosting your posts are the only metrics for "growth" here...
@hgbruenker @Mnemosinee @nimi
These remarks and #propaganda of one #party are exactly the #death of #Europe. Stop the #boosting but get together, all 27 #members and #unite against the #crumbling #american #supremacy and dwindling #democracy .
Is there a way to automate #boosting posts from a secondary account in a different #mastodon instance? For example, I just got a #mastodonart account and would like to boost my posts here to my social account. Not sure how #Fediverse works yet.
@capibarabot 
Eye boost photos of Carpinchos, Capybaras, Chupacabras reflexively on the Fediverse.
#Carpincho, #Capybara, #Chupacabra, #Mastodon, #Boosting, #Fediverse
@CapybaraHourly Eye boost photos of Carpinchos, Capybaras, Chupacabras indiscriminately on the Fediverse.
#Carpincho, #Capybara, #Chupacabra, #Mastodon, #Boosting, #Fediverse
Here's why your #boosts matter so much on the #Fediverse:
There is no algorithm here. Nothing is going to insert #content into your #timeline that an algorithm thinks you might be interested in.
Your timeline consists solely of the content from the people you #follow, and the content they #boost.
No boosts and you will never find out about that cool artist that started posting their artwork. You will never find out about the photographer that just joined a Pixelfed instance and is sharing their amazing photos.
Likes don't show up in the timelines of the accounts that follow you.
The only way for people to find new and cool content and accounts to follow is by you and I #boosting their content.
Well, guess this can serve as both my #introduction and my #ComingOut post!
Hi! I'm Megan, a 44yo freshly-hatched #trans woman living in #Boston and just starting on my transition journey. I'm mostly just a grab-bag of dusty memes and pop culture references, but am also trying to become a good little leftist and be more politically active. I do a lot of #boosting, but I'm hoping to start writing more of my own toots as I work through both my gender and political awakening.
Much love to @theropologist and all the folks at beige.party for letting me visit for a spell, but I'm not nearly funny enough to hang with them (you should totally follow everyone there, though!). Hope I can find my tribe here on tech.lgbt instead. 
See you around the #fediverse! 
Xavier 
Alshra 
