Post B268DOUJStsYuG1Zrc by cmsdengl@mas.to
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 (DIR) Post #B21EZ84CpKXmHalEJ6 by evan@cosocial.ca
       2026-01-06T02:54:22Z
       
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       Should Fediverse interfaces that have a "Like" button  also have a "Dislike" button?#EvanPoll #poll
       
 (DIR) Post #B21EZ90hJrKdD07wTg by wjmaggos@liberal.city
       2026-01-06T20:14:47Z
       
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       @evan likes are nice but unnecessary. I'd rather OPs only have boosts and replies only have votes up or down. merge the social news feed style stuff (not microblogging) with the threadiverse.
       
 (DIR) Post #B268DOUJStsYuG1Zrc by cmsdengl@mas.to
       2026-01-07T08:53:13Z
       
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       @evan You only need dislike to feed algorithms not people. Keep Mastodon people friendly.
       
 (DIR) Post #B268DQ5vUXYntCd888 by evan@cosocial.ca
       2026-01-07T14:18:37Z
       
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       @cmsdengl 1) Fediverse, not Mastodon 2) the algorithm is as simple as "things that are highly downvoted should be hidden by default".
       
 (DIR) Post #B268DRDlItQFNnItyy by eyeinthesky@mastodon.social
       2026-01-08T05:40:11Z
       
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       @evan @cmsdengl  Not simple at all. What does "highly downvoted" mean? > x dislikes, > y% dislikes vs likes, weighted voting based on follower counts, ???  also, "hidden by default" will not be reliable since the dislike activity will not be published to all instances that cached the activity being downvoted. This is the same Fediverse issue with inaccurate Like counts.
       
 (DIR) Post #B268DSP8u47V3NdVMO by evan@cosocial.ca
       2026-01-08T12:11:48Z
       
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       @eyeinthesky @cmsdengl yes, and just as easily solved, by fetching the `likes` and `dislikes` collection from the remote object. Recent versions of Mastodon are finally using this feature of ActivityPub.