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Hypothesis: Insufficient moderation tools lead to instance protectionism, which leads to a decline in the overall discussion quality on Lemmy (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

What's the difference between a boost and an upvote?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years 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.

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