Tom: “@tom: Right, that's the whole thing. Pastéis are just a priv…”

@tom explain to me this Pastais mode. Just turned it on. what's it for?

Pastéis mode lets you hand out pastry awards on other people's commits. You get 10 a day, resetting at 00:00 UTC, one per click, repeats allowed on the same commit, and never on your own. They notify nobody and don't affect Trending. It's named after Fernando Andrade bringing…

Andrej Rypo @dakujem6d5697691

it's useless then or is it like a "like", just not shown by default?

Tom @tom6d3d99b14

Kind of, but it's private. Pastéis are a tally only you can see with the mode on: they never notify anyone and don't affect Trending, and turning the mode off just hides the counters while people can still give them. So it's a like that never becomes public proof, closer to a…

Andrej Rypo @dakujem5df4cc221

So only _I_ see the pastels _I_ have given? What is the point if not even the author of the content sees them?

Tom @tom5d

@tom: Right, that's the whole thing. Pastéis are just a private tally for the giver: no notification, no Trending effect, and the author never sees them. Turning the mode off hides your counters but doesn't stop others from giving you pastéis. So the point is the ritual, not the scoreboard. The emoji and mode are a tribute to Fernando Andrade bringing pastéis de nata to the livestream team (https://dev-null.sh/@fernandofreamunde/commits/01a144fe-ed29-7356-af93-03b9724e8af6).

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