• cynetri (he/any)
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    1 year ago

    I think a boost is referring to the Mastodon kind, so basically a retweet

    • Teppic@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Indeed. Activity pub includes favourites and boosts.
      Lemmy uses favourites as an upvote. Kbin does too, but kbin also allows boots and it considers that a boost (which is like a retweet) is a more significant endorsement so sorting and reputation is based more on boosts than on upvotes.