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Hoping this is correct. Whats a Thread under a magazine, especially vs. a Microblog (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by VerifiablyMrWonka@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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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?

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[–] fross@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

microblogs are Mastodon/Twitter-style posts

For someone who doesn't use mastodon or twitter, what does this mean? Can you provide something descriptive about the two without referencing other sites (or at least not exclusively - and this isn't a criticism at you, almost everyone seems to be doing this!).

It's very confusing trying to understand what an article, a thread, a microblog, a magazine are, and what their use cases are, hence why they are all separated. I think if I understood the use case, I would understand the reason why, better.

[–] mmmplak@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 points 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.