@fediverse Dumb question but do “likes” on #Mastodon automatically create up-votes on a #Lemmy post? I want to get a good grasp on the #Fediverse.
@fediverse Dumb question but do “likes” on #Mastodon automatically create up-votes on a #Lemmy post? I want to get a good grasp on the #Fediverse.
It’s a bit confusing because each action on the Fediverse uses the same universal language, but each service translates that language into their own specific rolls for their service.
Lemmy upvotes use “Like” which is common language in ActivityPub but down votes use “Dislike” which is not used in the ActivityPub language. It’s up to the other services how they interpret that. Mastodon favourites use “Like” but it has nothing for “Dislike”. Mastodon boost uses “Announce” which is what Lemmy uses for posts and comments to a community.
From the Lemmy ActivityPub documentation
From the Mastodon ActivityPub Documentation
Dislike is an Activity type defined by ActivityStreams, which is the basis of the ActivityPub vocabulary.
In hindsight, I wrote that line after seeing some code on Github that I thought was for ActivityPub, but when I went back to it later I realised it was for Mastodon.