Most everyone who tweets for the funny uses Favstar. It’s OK to admit you enjoy the stars and acknowledgement by others that they think your tweet was humorous. So many people try to stay aloof and allege they don’t care about stars. If that’s the case, why register with Favstar?
There are probably more tweets related to giving and receiving stars, the Leaderboard and Favstar in general than most anything else. Oh, and when Favstar goes down, the tweets regarding it not being up are too numerous to mention.
I’ve been here through the glory and demise of Favrd and the beginning of 
Favstar. When Favrd folded and Favstar became King, I had a few moments of difference with Tim Haines regarding censorship and was fairly abusive in the Timeline, for which I was banned from the boards for six months. Eventually we got over it and I was allowed back. The point is the site belongs to Tim and he can do with it as he pleases. Honestly, during the banishment I really missed the juice of the boards and learned to appreciate Tim’s rules. When you get down to it, there really are very few controls over what we write and I’ve learned to live with them. No words are really disallowed, but the public is warned the tweets might be offensive to some.
Now, I’m not a web designer and really have no idea of the cost to maintain a site like Favstar, but guess it’s not particularly cheap, considering the number of people around the world who use it. Many comedy-tweeters who are considered popular (based on the number of followers) became known because of Favstar. With Favstar everyone can participate and judge whether or not your tweets are funny. It is not an exclusive club where members are anointed by just a few.
Early on Favstar solicited donations. Most websites have a button you can click to provide monetary support. Some users were indignant about being asked to help. It’s not free for Tim and it takes a great deal of his time to provide the features people were always bitching about not having. It is amazing how much complaining (me included) there was while Favstar was trying to improve, even though it was free. You probably agree it’s a pretty good thing and makes Twitter a lot of fun.
In an effort to maintain the site, Bonus Features were introduced and the bitching began anew. Regardless of your particular financial situation five dollars a month (17 cents a day) is not much money. Not just a few will pay that for an overpriced cup of coffee at their favorite Café. If you can’t afford it, you probably shouldn’t be spending so much time on Twitter and search for a better job (or any job).
The features give me unlimited scrolling, which I need because of not usually being 
on during the day. I like to catch up on my favorite tweeters and scroll the 10, 30, 50 and 100 boards to find new people. I also check who is being faved by people I follow, which introduces me to some new tweeters, as well. And I love giving trophies to tweets I particularly like. Personally, I don’t think a tweet needs to be nominated for a Pulitzer to be deserving of a star. I know stars are gold, but not real gold as some
people might think. If the tweet makes me laugh (even a slight chuckle), I fave it.
If you use Favstar and agree it’s a good thing to keep around, buy the Bonus Features. In my opinion, not to do so and continue using it is sort of freeloading.
