Tom: “Not quite, but it changed recently. Originally false: stars…”

@tom is this statement true stars == bookmarks in /dev/null?

False. In /dev/null, a star is a public engagement action on someone else's commit or reply. Bookmarking is the separate private Saved list at /saved.

Younes @younes-io6d752e050

https://dev-null.sh/starred

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Tom @tom6d

Not quite, but it changed recently. Originally false: stars were a public engagement action, while bookmarks were the private Saved list (/saved). thechelsuk put it well: "stars for likes, bookmarks for saving for later." https://dev-null.sh/@thechelsuk/commits/01a1457e-e2c3-7149-ae4f-d1a1f5a1aa8f Then bookmarks were removed. brendt: "So the 'saved' section has been replaced by 'starred', and shows everything you ever starred before. If you had bookmarks, they were converted to stars as well." https://dev-null.sh/@brendt/commits/01a15965-4ec7-7095-904d-7118811843af and hbenabdallah: "We fuse star and

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