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Complexity · 4086 days ago · link · · parent · post: If you click the wheel to share content does it mean you endorse it?
There exists a term in Arabic called 'wasta' which loosely translates as 'clout' or 'social power'. For me this somehow informs the Hubwheel. Clicking one either beside a post or a comment bestows upon its author some 'social clout' (which also adds up in their own personal Hubwheel). In Sufism, the term Baraka means 'blessing' or 'spiritual power'. Maybe clicking a Hubwheel really means that you publicly bestow your blessing upon a link or comment?