This sounds a little too similar to Instagram's "Engagement Pods" - which try to game the algorithm by artificially inflating early interaction on a post.
This could potentially cause flags on accounts for quickly gaining a following on Twitter and feels against the spirit of DEV to me.
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Hey, sorry for late reply, hectic week as it was a bank holiday on Monday so 4 day work week!
I can see why you would think that from my explanation of why it helps here on DEV but it is more focused on collaboration.
We have a list of articles we would like to be promoted, but it is a pick and choose list where you share stuff that you think is interesting with no pressure to do so. I think of it as a useful tool to fill my curated content list from.
I don't think it is against the DEV spirit, there are people I follow on here, I see their articles and I may only skim read them before liking as I know they will be high quality and it is my way of helping a fellow content creator.
It is a consequence of the DEV algorithm that early likes help you reach more people, nothing worse than writing a master piece and getting 300 views! So a little push from your friends, I believe, is fair (especially if you don't write a GitHub, VS Code or React article!)
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This sounds a little too similar to Instagram's "Engagement Pods" - which try to game the algorithm by artificially inflating early interaction on a post.
This could potentially cause flags on accounts for quickly gaining a following on Twitter and feels against the spirit of DEV to me.
Hey, sorry for late reply, hectic week as it was a bank holiday on Monday so 4 day work week!
I can see why you would think that from my explanation of why it helps here on DEV but it is more focused on collaboration.
We have a list of articles we would like to be promoted, but it is a pick and choose list where you share stuff that you think is interesting with no pressure to do so. I think of it as a useful tool to fill my curated content list from.
I don't think it is against the DEV spirit, there are people I follow on here, I see their articles and I may only skim read them before liking as I know they will be high quality and it is my way of helping a fellow content creator.
It is a consequence of the DEV algorithm that early likes help you reach more people, nothing worse than writing a master piece and getting 300 views! So a little push from your friends, I believe, is fair (especially if you don't write a GitHub, VS Code or React article!)