I have different reasons for saving favorites on each service that I use. I figured I’d take some time to explain the reasons by listing out the services on which I save favorites and why. Also of note is that these reasons happened naturally and were not the result of me trying to think of reasons to save things as favorites.
- On Viddler I save videos that I like, that I want Derek (our Community Leader) to see, or that I want to promote to the front page.
- On Flickr I save photos that I like, would like to paint or draw, or want to find again easily.
- On Twitter I save tweets that I like, would like to read later, or that I think are notable in some way.
- On Tumblr (no permalink?) I save posts for the same reason I do tweets. Reading later.
- On Google Reader I star things I want to read later.
- On Facebook I like things that I agree with but have no comment on.
And that is about all of the services that I use on a regular basis or that I favorite things on. With my recent addiction to Instapaper I like less Tumblr and Google Reader items but I still do occasionally.
What about you?
In your Tumblr preferences you have to enable “Share posts I like,” at which point you and anybody else will be able to see all of the posts you’ve liked at http://tumblr.com/liked/by/cdevroe.
I love “liking” and “favorite-ing” things because it’s like a running commentary of my life, through connections I can make with other people.