Fav Observations

The suspicious mind’s approach

Twitter’s Favorite (or Fav, as it is dubbed colloquially) is the most ambiguous functionality on the social network… It can be interpreted in various ways and one is almost always left with a choice on how to perceive it.

Bookmark

- To read later when you have time — in case it is a link and you never heard of Instapaper, Pocket and others.
- To keep it in your records and find it quickly by using your Archive
- To be able to call it and remind someone what they said before — “I got you now!” where “now” is “later”.
- To follow a conversation that has interesting opinions — kind of eavesdropping, if there can be one on an open channel.

Empathy or cold blood

- You love it — you genuinely do.
- You share the same opinion — sometimes (not very often) this happens, too.
- You fav it, cause you fav everything your friend says — this is what friends are for… sorta.
- You fav it to gain a point with the one that published the tweet — you are keeping your fingers crossed.

Ending a conversation

- I read your tweet. — “Yo, let’s end this convo here!”

Naturally, not every tweep has pondered on it or has exactly the same chain of thoughts. So what is your opinion? Any additions?