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Currently, can you see #boosts on your #Pixelfed timeline?

Currently, can you see #boosts on your #Pixelfed timeline?
On Pixelfed.social and other instances it seems like boosts are hidden. So you can share posts in Pixelfed and users using softwares like Mastodon or Misskey will see your boost, but from Pixelfed you won’t see them both from Pixelfed users and Fediverse users, and regardless if you activated them in the settings or use a different client. There are no official news about it so I’m trying to understand if this has something to do with Pixelfed as a software, with specific instances or specific accounts

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  • I see plenty of content from people I don't follow because people I do follow have boosted it

  • In the [pixelfed] web UI, on the bottom of the post it should say how many times, if any, a post has been shared (boosted) and a clickable link to show who has shared it. The android app doesn't seem to include that information though. Also I get a notification when someone has shared my post.

    • @baronvonj@lemmy.world as far as I know, that number shows the number of shares. It is not an indication that you are seeing that post because it was boosted tho.
      The thing is, if I follow a user and that user boosts a post from someone I’m not following, that post is supposed to show up in my TL, in the same way as any other Fediverse platform. However that doesn’t happen. I tested it: on Pixelfed home TL you only see posts from users you follow, you don’t see boosts of posts made by users you’re not following. And since the purpose of boosting is to let you know new people, that’s a really big bummer

      • Hm. The majority of posts I see on my home timeline are from my followed hashtags, rather than from followed users. So I guess my experience is already notably different than yours.