Applause, stars, hearts, and fans
Applaud, star, and favorite shared work, become a maker's fan, and get star points.
Community detail pages have three main buttons: Applaud, Star, and Favorite (heart icon). The clip player has the same buttons. Creator pages have fan buttons.
The three buttons
Applause
Applaud gives public applause to the creator. The total shows on community cards, detail pages, creator pages, and library cards. Selecting it again removes the applause. You need to be signed in to applaud. Every 10 applause a creator gets gives them 1 star point.
Stars
A Star is a lasting award that moves 10 star points from you to the creator. You can give one star per piece, never on your own work. Stars are paid two ways:
- Star points: Each star costs you 10 star points and gives the creator 10.
- Member Stars: Plus subscribers get 5 stars that renew over a rolling 7 days. A member star costs nothing and still gives the creator 10 star points.
Selecting Star opens a confirmation: Give 10 of your [N] star points (Plus subscribers with member stars left also see Member star · [N] left this week). Select one to give the star; tap anywhere else to cancel. With fewer than 10 star points, a member star is given without the confirmation. With neither, a message reads A star costs 10 star points. You have [N]. (Plus subscribers first see No member stars left this week.). After a star, a message reads You gave @[maker] 10 star points. You have [N] left. (for a member star, You gave @[maker] a member star: 10 star points for them.). Star on your own work shows You can’t star your own work.
Favorites (Hearts)
Selecting Favorite (heart icon) adds the piece to your private Your favorites shelf. Favorites are fully private: no public counts show, and you don’t need to sign in. Selecting the heart again removes the piece from the shelf.
When signed in, your favorites, the creators you follow, and the makers you blocked are saved to your account. Signing out clears these lists from the device until you sign in again. Favorites made while signed out move on their own to the next account that signs in on the device.
Following Creators (Fans and Superfans)
Select a creator’s @handle to open their page. The top of the page has:
- Become a fan: Follows the creator. Their new clips show on your Following shelf on the Clips tab and in your inbox.
- Superfan: Makes you a fan, plus optional push notifications when they post a new clip.
Following changes the button to ✓ You’re a fan. Following is private; fan lists and fan counts are not shown. Selecting ✓ You’re a fan again stops following; selecting Superfan again makes you a regular fan.
Every account follows our own account @unflat from the start. Its button shows ✓ Everyone’s a fan and can’t be turned off, though push notifications are still optional with Superfan.
Star points
Star points are a creator’s current total (points received, minus 10 for each star given), shown publicly on their page. You get points like this:
| Event | Points |
|---|---|
| Finish a Learn tutorial card (once per account) | 10 |
| Complete a design set (once per account) | 50, or the set’s own value |
| Finish a design challenge (once per account) | 30 |
Published share approved (Live) | 5 |
| Your work remixed by another user | 1 per remix |
| Public applause on your published pieces | 1 per 10 applause |
| A star given to your work | 10 (giving one costs you 10) |
Star points stay with your account for good. One-time actions (tutorials, sets, design challenges) give points only once per account, on any device. Learn cards, sets, and design challenges you finish while signed out stay on the device and go to the next account that signs in (e.g., Added 2 Learn cards and 20 star points you earned while signed out.).
Star points are a score and the currency for giving stars; they do not lock or unlock features. Your points show on the Inbox header, on creator pages, and in Settings › Account. The Star board on community tabs ranks the top creators by total star points.
Star moments
Each time you get star points, stars fly into your star point count: the chip on the Today tab, or a small counter at the top of the screen. A line shows the reason, e.g., +10 star points · Learn card: Snowman. Shared pieces are named: +10 star points · A star on “Blue cube”, +5 star points · “Rocket” was approved, +1 star point · 1 remix of “Cat”. Points you got while the app was closed show the next time it opens. Signed out, the line reads +[N] star points: sign in to collect. Giving a star lowers the count with no line.
When the star point values change, every account’s total is counted again once at the new values. If yours goes up, the line reads Your earlier work is worth more now.
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