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It's probably obvious to point out that software in general (and social media in particular) are designed to minimize user agency as much as possible (not only that, they also have an insane amount of data to iterate on and optimize their design to that end). YouTube doesn't want you to think about what you want to do next, it wants you to stay on the website and watch the next video. Twitter doesn't want you to decide what you want to do with your time, it wants you to keep scrolling and retweet as much as possible.

I was wondering why cohost felt different and like an "older" website and it's not just the lack of a recommendation algorithm, the UX design plays into this as well

All the extra steps just to share a post originally mildly annoyed me, but you're totally right about it making us more mindful about sharing.

I'd still prefer if I didn't lose my spot in the feed after sharing _{^{not sure if the case for everyone??}}, but at least the feeds are finite, rather than being hopelessly lost in the pile.

I still struggle with deciding between leaving my thoughts as a comment or as a "quote rechost"(?), though.
(i began typing this as a comment, for example)

I think the difference between quote rechosting(?) and leaving a comment is the level of visibility.

People are less likely to see/interact with a comment when the post is shared further. So I guess if I wanted a conversation or simply to leave a "thank you" or something that doesn't add a lot to the original post I would leave a comment. If I wanted to add something to the general conversation, I would rechost?

This is all very vibes-based and I'm not sure how I will approach it in the future lol

Feels more like a different kind of visibility than a level of visibility, though.

If I quote rechost(?), and the other person doesn't [quote] rechost(?) back, then the only people who'll see this are my followers, and not everyone who happens to find the original chost or follow the original choster.
In contrast, comments in the original chost are visible by everyone who decides to check on the comments, but they won't see the discussion(s) happening in rechosts.

Making this a comment now, since I don't want to clutter my profile feed.
But then my original rechost generated some conversation with someone who follows me, whereas if I had commented originally, it'd have been only been seen by people who find your chost.
so nvm making this a quote rechost(?) for continuity. 😅✨