Point number 1 for sure.

Favoriting/liking is especially a good thing to do with photo posts, as pixelfed emphasizes likes over boosts and I think a lot of photographers and artists appreciate likes more than your average poster.

I didn’t know that favourites factor into the trending algorithm. Good to know.

Which is why awesome people like @grant@toast.ooo do it instead

Sucks for you if your only interest is sailing.

No, for real: I have subscribed to over 100 communities and my “subscribed” feed is always full of stuff.