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Yeah, in the trans mega. Because I usually read almost everything that gets posted there.

Just in my own posts because I habitually upvote almost everyone who replies, which also makes it easier to see new comments

Sometimes I go on auto-pilot mode and upbear every post I see on a thread and then I have to go back an unbear the shit replies.

I just like giving my fun little queer friends a dopamine hit

upvoting almost everything i read just because i want all the bears to be golden

mostly in the news megathread

Yes actually, I'm glad I am not alone in this (I feel weird doing it). Especially on the trans megathread, I'm checking often enough where I want an easy way to see whether or not I've read certain comments.

i remember literally everything

i also do this on most threads

Only on the news megathread, really.

Here's my breakdown as one who mostly lurks, for whatever it's worth: Aside from the news mega, I would guess maybe around 70% of threads I only give a once-over, or maybe twice, so there is really no point or need for a "read/unread" mark.

Some interesting ones, maybe 20% I'll come back to to refresh and see what's new, but usually not more than a few times and I can remember at first glance what I've read. Also there will still be lots of upbears on the stuff that was good or that I agreed with (I hand out upbears pretty uh... sigh... "liberally") so it's not hard to tell if I've read through a thread. I don't usually sort by "new" so when I see the thread for the first time, it's usually already been up for a bit.

On maybe 9% that are very interesting or are struggle sessions and whathaveyou will I keep refreshing. On those, using upbears as an "already read" marker would be helpful, but I still don't want to just give them out totally freely, especially in struggle sessions for obvious reasons. And the very last 1% are ones I comment in which I will also refresh a lot but will depend on the context, where sometimes I will upbear nearly everyone especially if they respond to me, or in other cases if it's argumentative, commenters definitely gotta earn it.

But the newsmega, when I read it, I almost want to be a completionist about it and will do exactly what you describe. When shit is going down, I will scroll through multiple times a day, even several times an hour if it's hopping. I will upbear everything simply to know if I've already read it so I can scroll through it fast for anything new without having to even re-read at all. Only comments I really don't like and would feel angry or dirty if I did, don't actually get one. But I also go through phases where I don't read the newsmega, or much of any news, just as a mental health break. And sometimes those breaks last longer than they should, and I feel bad for not keeping track of what's happening, but that's a different topic.

Thank you for reading my dissertation on my upbear habits, I'm sure you found it deeply enthralling.

Equal parts that, and also I want to give a little reward to people just for having posted, y'know? Encourage more discourse. It takes a really shit post for me to rethink making that little golden bear.

Yes it's actually the only reason I miss downbears. I don't want to upbear everything but then I keep pausing my scroll to realize I saw it and didn't like it

yes.

This is the way. Anyone revisiting threads multiple times should be upbearing generously for their own sanity.

I only upbear non-liberal content. I've never used a single upbear on this webserver

I just go through and start clicking everything, then un-click it if it's libshit.

It’s too hard to press on my fucking screen and I’m so depressed anyways that most of the content here doesn’t interest me anyways.

I upvote genuinely good posts/commentd that I like but aren’t save-worthy. That way I can find them later via my upvoted posts on my profile.

Anyone else just forgets the upbear button even exists?

Yep, mostly when reading the megas

I will now start

Yes