Comment on On the relevance of upvotes in relation to quality and discussion

• Blaze@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I know I’m talking to Rimu, I was just curious how Piefed would be able to track that

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  • rimu@piefed.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    JavaScript. Attach a click handler event to the article link, save a cookie with the post id in it.

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    • SorteKanin@feddit.dk ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      How would you know for remote users?

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      • rimu@piefed.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Federation, it’s magic.

        But yeah, this means Lemmy comments would never be boosted or highlighted because it wouldn’t be federating the new data. Bit of a problem!

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