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Comment boosts not showing as comments
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Description
### Quick summary
I have a comment listed in the comments WordPress screen as approved. On mastodon.social it is a comment boost. I can't get it to show up on the front end.
The comment arrives as a "Response" and shows as a repost when it kind of seems like it should show as a comment. I think the issue is that comment boosts sits in a bit of gray area - is it a comment or a boost?
### Steps to reproduce
1. Comment arrives as "Response" type
2. Hmm... that's not showing up as a comment, just a repost icon
### Site owner impact
More than 60% of the total website/platform users
### Severity
Moderate
### What other impact(s) does this issue have?
No revenue impact
### Other info
Page affected: https://node.lordmatt.co.uk/2026/01/24/posts/meta-does-not-want-me-to-see-this/
Plugin version: 7.8.5
WP ver: 6.9
Theme: Child of SemPress Version: 1.7.0
PHP: 7.4.33 (I know, I've got some compatibility issues to work out for a few older plugins)
Also installed: Friends, WebMention (among others)
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