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[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] cynetri@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Teppic@kbin.social 2 points 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.