Post #2315639

2026-04-20 23:02 UTC

@smallcircles@social.coop > A Like is but an ActivityStreams social primitive, a building block. The other 2 are domain-specific Are Boosts and Replies not based on Activities standardised in Activity Streams 2.0/ Activity Vocabulary @evan@cosocial.ca? @benpate@mastodon.social @deutrino@mstdn.io @bengo@mastodon.social

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@benpate@mastodon.social 2026-04-20 23:12

Each of those shows up in the Bicabulary specs, but they’re also in a bit of a gray area. “InReplyTo” is a standard field, but Threadiverse conversations have extended this a lot. I think “Boosts” are similar. Semantically an “Announce”, the original docs envision a much wider use, though Mastodon et al use it so much for sharing, that’s it’s de facto behavior now. @strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz @smallcircles@social.coop @evan@cosocial.ca @deutrino@mstdn.io @bengo@mastodon.social

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@evan@cosocial.ca 2026-04-20 23:18

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz @smallcircles@social.coop @benpate@mastodon.social @deutrino@mstdn.io @bengo@mastodon.social Likes are Like activities. Boosts are Announce activities. We don't have a separate activity for a reply, but we have a property of an object, inReplyTo, which is what defines a reply.

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