Replied to Social Interactions on the Web by James Gallagher (jamesg.blog)

When I think about it, likes and bookmarks are somewhat difficult to distinguish for my purpose. A bookmark inherently implies that I liked a post because I usually only bookmark posts on Pocket that I like and want to save for later. I use Firefox bookmarks to track the articles that I have not yet read and want to come back to later. There is a distinction. A like is clearer. It’s my way of saying that I did like your content. Not everybody will know my policy on bookmarks, so having a like feature is useful. ❧

My general heirarchy is that bookmarks are things I want to come back to (and usually read) later, reads are things that I’ve read, like are things I’ve read and want to send appreciation for, and replies are things that usually are both read, liked, and needed even a bit more.
Here’s more on how I’ve thought about it before: