Gregory's Server@nikki Isn't that the point though? If you add it to favourites that's just your super secret stash of dank memes you can look back on. Boosting causes the message to get spread through other instances, generating more social interactions.
I would have never seen this post if it wasn't boosted.
@maxhardwood yeah this is mostly aimed at folk on my instance who are ex-twitterers who might be putting numbers over actually being social. I didn't expect all these boosts!