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I donât have notifications on for likes or boosts. I go in and check them manually. Thereâs no need for that stuff to reach me, especially not one-by-one when itâs more efficient to look at them batched. Itâs there when I need it.
Last year as an experiment I went one month without looking at likes. There were some downsides to the experiment because I didnât know if I was saying dumb shit that made everyone feel sad & awkward & hurt or if people liked what I was saying.
I ended up deciding this: I would want to see likes and boosts by only the people who was mentioned in the post. If I say something to or about a friend and they donât reply, thatâs worrying but if they like the post, thatâs like a nod or an âmmm-hmmâ or a âyeahâ, thatâs fine. I would want to hide other likes and boosts. Not that I donât appreciate them, theyâre great, keep âem coming, but theyâre a liâl bit unprecedented in how humans have historically interacted. I donât wanna get shaped by âwhatâs popularâ and I have other things to read, like books or games.
I forgot about that conclusion since I couldnât come up with a way to readily implement it, and I just went back to looking at the likes once per day or so.