I have been investigating how ActivityPub is meant to work. What follows is how a boost/announce/retweet works in Mastodon and any other system that implements against ActivityPub. You can find the full collection on github https://github.com/boyter/activitypub and contribute your own details. ActivityPub -> Announce -> Post When a user clicks on bonk/boost/retweet the following sequence happens. The users intent is converted to an announce. This announce is sent to every follower they have a...
