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Unless Ernest changed this too and I missed it, boosts still work with the microblogging portion of the fediverse, such as Mastodon. Upvotes and downvotes only interact with the “threadiverse”.
So my understanding is that boosts are now reflecting on threads as 2 upvotes, whereas on microblog posts they reflect as boosts and as 2 upvotes but only on the threadiverse sites.
(Someone correct me if wrong please!)
A boost is more like a retweet, anybody who follows you elsewhere in the fediverse will see the thing you boosted in their feed.
An upvote(=a favourite) doesn't get broadcast in the same way. This is why a boost is weighted as a more significant endorsement.
Upvote = "I like this"
Boost = "I think other people will like this"
Boosts don't count as 2 upvotes, just as two reputation points on your profile page, reputation doesn't do anything.
@NotAPenguin
Yes it does. That's literally what Ernest said and I even linked his statement on that in the post. It would behoove you to read it.