responses

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responses, or interactions, in the context of the indieweb, refer to all the different ways and things people explicitly do to and with others’s posts, from written replies to quick likes, in other words responses = replies + reactions. Common response post types are reply (comment), like (favorite), repost (reshare), and mere mentions.

Post Types

• reply
• like / favorite
• repost
• RSVP
• bookmark
• reacji
• quotation
• invitation
• tag-of
• edit

Sometimes a response, or possible use-case:

• review
• read
• listen
• follow

IndieWeb Examples

See the lists on each of the specific response post type pages.

Silo Examples

Nearly all silos support some forms of interaction.

History

There was some discussion to get rough consensus around what to call the set of things that is replies/comments, reposts/reshares, likes/favorites. This resulted in deciding on the term "responses" as well as "reactions".

See Also

• post/posts
  • reply
  • like
  • favorite
  • rsvp
  • repost
  • invitation
• Example lists of responses by type: https://snarfed.org/responses
• interactions page