Just when I think I have somewhat of an understanding of the fediverse, there becomes more questions. So, I am the moderator for [email protected] 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?

  • originalucifer
    2•2 days ago

    is ‘boost’ not a basic lemmy feature? i do lot of boosting from mbin, but it is inherently mastodon-capable.

    ex:.

    • aasatru
      5•2 days ago

      As far as I know there’s no option to boost posts from Lemmy, it’s an exclusive little function for Mbin and the microblogs.

      I quite like it, as it makes it easier for good comments to “escape” from here and into the microblogging platforms. Assuming of course you are followed by users over there. But it is not a function on Lemmy.

      So I’m not sure what OP refers to, or how posts appear as boosted in the dadjokes community. But it is indeed possible for Mbin or Mastodon users (among others) to boost any content seen on there.