I've already made a post about the function of Likes and its conflicts but I also need to make a post about why it's important to be able for us to have access to the total interaction history of a post on CoHost, and no, it's not because of numbers.
CoHost has a lot of interaction elements from Tumblr, which means it inherents much of the culture of tumblr, one of those cultural elements being, talking in tags.
As you can see, this post is one such example of 'talking in tags'. The only way I would even know this existed is if I clicked on every single link to a shared post in my notification section where this post was referenced. There is absolutely no other means for me to see these tags from the original post itself. (my post vs repost )
I was lucky in this instance that the user was kind enough to leave a comment, as that has record of interaction on the post that I can easily see and click on, on the post itself at any time, but not everyone does. And that's really saddening to think that there could be more comments in the tags that are that easy to miss because I cannot see the individual interaction history on any post. (as a sidebar, I've used Tumblr since 2012, I remember when it didn't use to give you a record of tag history on posts and it was terrible. So no one needs to remind me about what tumblr used to be like.)
And this is just with regard to tags! I don't have any posts with shares beyond the additional tags so I cannot offer them as examples, as I don't want to link to just anyone. But for those that are unaware, if you have a post with reposts where others have made their own additions, those posts are in no way easily visible from the initial post, cutting you off from potential additional information/context. I am looking at a post with multiple additions with '3 comments + 15 on shared posts' on one specific repost, but if I go to the original post, the very first in the thread made by the OP, I only see 3 comment. There is absolutely no way, from the original post, to get access to all those additions and comments. That's terrible! Our means of communication should not be made to be so unwieldy.
The older this site gets, the more these interactions will be buried in the Notifications section, it's already bad now and it's only going to get worse as we have no means to check interaction history per initial post. (it already HAS been terrible for the health of the community of this service) This isn't about 'see number go up' this is about seeing the neat things people leave or interact with your post and it's disheartening to see a platform so adverse to that.
