Mastodon doesn’t have Likes at all.

The star you’re referring to is Favorite. Those go into your Favorite list. So you can refer back to them more easily.

Maybe you move public perception of a product or political goal.
To push a narrative of some kind. Astroturfing basically.

Is there some way to work a limitation into a licence? Something around only being able to present federated content with included algorithms. That would instantly make it unattractive to all the big players who profit off their specific ad driven algorithmic feeds.

A single line return
disapears

A single line return disapears

A double line return

Gives a new paragraph

A double line return

Gives a new paragraph

A double space at the end of a line  
Gives a new line

A double space at the end of a line
Gives a new line

Same for ending a line with a \
You just get a new line

Same for ending a line with a
You just get a new line

And to recreate this example
```

    gives
 a  block  of
  preformed
    code

```

>And starting each line like this
>
>Gives a block quote\
thought it's not needed if you use a simple line return\
or two

And starting each line like this

Gives a block quote
thought it’s not needed if you use a simple line return
or two