The boost is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-informing.
To boost a post is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as the correct, appropriate thing to do. To boost a good post is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to boost a post. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to just let the post slide and be forgotten. Therefore the boost represents the apex example of whether a person will do what they can to improve the information landscape without being forced to do it. No one will punish you for not boosting, no one will fine you or kill you for just scrolling on. You must boost quality posts out of the goodness of your own heart. You must boost great works because it is the right thing to do, because it is correct.
A person who is unable to do this is no better than the average YouTube viewer, only capable of being directed by attention-grabbing algorithms threatening to withhold precious dopamine.
The boost is what determines whether a poster is a good or bad member of the World Wide Web.
Gabriel
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