Does boosting cause the boosted post to become more visible on streams as liking does on Twitter?

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Isn't boosting just the Mastodon equivalent of retweeting?

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@PsychoCod3r Yes, but Twitter does all kinds of occult stuff to factor those in to algorithms that determine which stuff is prioritized on your feed, with the end result that things retweeted by people are more likely to be seen by others, even discounting friend status

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