Just when I think I have somewhat of an understanding of the fediverse, there becomes more questions. So, I am the moderator for !dadjokes@lemmy.world and I see many “boosted” posts. Does that occur any time there is a comment on that post from Lemmy, or has someone made another account on Mastadon that is using the same photos from the dadjokes Lemmy community?

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

My understanding is that if I follow @dadjokes@lemmy.world from Mastodon what happens is:

  • I will see all posts on that community
  • I will also see all replies to that post
  • The replies are listed in Mastodon as boosts from @dadjokes@lemmy.world

For example:

That's what I see if I go to @dadjokes@lemmy.world from Mastodon.

Is that what you are talking about regarding boosts?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yeah, that is what I was referring to with boosting. I think I understand now. For a short while, it looked to me like there were replies on Mastadon that I didnt write, but apparently they are just all of the “boosted” posts coming from Lemmy comments. Thank you.

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