You Know Twitter’s “Favorite” Button? It Could Have Been Called “Thanks.”

Maybe I use the favorite button differently/wrong but I always use it as kind of like a "read it later" button.

I store tweets there that contain links/comments for me to refer back to later - I've never considered it being used as a "Like" button.

Favourite is one of those weird features on twitter I rarely use. I suppose the idea is to use it like a "like" or "+1" button but I find that "favourite" is too strong a word. There's been plenty of tweets I've seen where I think "this is a good tweet but I don't like it enough to RT it". I mean I liked the tweet but I'd never say it's amongst my favourite tweets.

We will never really know what the button reflects. I use it to save tweets, and I shudder at what people might think of me, were I to run for political office, since there are tweets from all over the political spectrum.

Some think it's a +1/agree button, others a thank-you button, and so on.

There be treasure in Favorites, but nobody explores.

I favorite funny.