Twitter says "Favorite" is now "Like"
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 by Dave Winer

It's so interesting that Twitter is changing "Favorite" to "Like".

That's the gravitational pull of Facebook.

Much as Twitter and Google Reader exerted tremendous pull on blogs Facebook is pulling Twitter.  And it's the right move for Twitter. Holding on to non-interoperable terminology is just putting off the inevitable.  

I've been here before, many times myself.

Bullets...

  1. Can the removal of the 140-char limit be far behind? Look at this blog post by Twitter friend Chris Sacca, in a tweet, as an image. This path must be cut off. Let's get some real text reading features into Twitter itself asap. 
  2. Maybe they'll use the new Like as a signal for more algorithmic reading?
  3. I imagine there's some angst out there about this change. Haven't seen much evidence of it in my timeline.
  4. An analogy -- when the term "blog" was catching on, we were calling them weblogs. We could have insisted on using the original term, or go with the flow. We went with the flow.
  5. Another -- we had an API for our CMS but when Blogger added one, we immediately supported it, even though it wasn't as complete as ours. Because if we did, we'd have a standard, the two biggest blogging platforms were compatible. It doesn't happen very often, because usually tech companies insist that their way is the best way. I say when there's a chance to agree, take it.