Gregory's Server#Smithereen update: the news feed now uses a separate helper/lookup table in the database. This enables a feed that not only contains posts but other things like photos, photo tags and "X added Y as a friend". I'll also probably use this to implement "boosts" which are effectively not posts themselves but acts of sharing someone else's posts. Side note: my own reposts won't be like that, IMO it's better when each repost has its own comment thread.
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Interestingly, Mastodon boosts (or are those retoots after all?) do have unique IDs as if they are posts of their own, but if you try dereferencing that, you'll get redirected to the boosted toot to whatever instance that is on: