And why must I create a new ‘article’ to make a thread and not a post - which I think makes a new microblog.

I’m coming from a Mastodon POV, I run my own instance and have a pretty good idea (I think) about how federation works. The way ActivityPub is used is close enough to be familiar but also… not; very uncanny valley.

Additionally, if upvotes are favourites, what are downvotes? and how are they federated?

  • mmmplak@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I think microblogs are like Facebook status, if you ever used that, wherein you announce under your profile page. People that follow you will see your microblog and can comment on it.

    • fross@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Thank you. So would I be right in saying that it’s a post that is published to my own ‘space’, and that while it’s public, it will only be promoted to people who directly follow me (and hence my space)?

      I mean it seems to be the exact same entity as a post to a community/subreddit/etc, just into a different context so not sure why it has a whole different name! This is I guess why I’m getting confused.