@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ Visibility:  n.Visibility,
 			ReplyTo:     n.ReplyID,
 			ReplyCount:  int(n.RepliesCount),
 			Replies:     []string{},
+			RenoteId:    (*string)(n.RenoteID),
 		}
 
 		for _, f := range n.Files {

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ 
   // TODO: use visibility of the thread to organize into DMs and public threads
   private _threads: MessageThread[] = [];
   private _orphans: Message[] = [];
+  private _boosts: Message[] = [];
   
   constructor() {
     super();
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ if (tse) {
                     tse.setAttribute("data-author", this._latest);
                   }
                 }
+                // also update any boosts by this author
               case "thread":
               case "profile":
                 break;
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ }
   }
   
   setIdxView() {
-    this.innerHTML = "<ul id='dm_list'></ul><ul id='public_list'></ul>"
+    this.innerHTML = "<ul id='boost_carousel'></ul><ul id='dm_list'></ul><ul id='public_list'></ul>"
   }
   
   setThreadView() {
@@ -132,6 +134,8 @@ }
   }
   
   populateIdxView() {
+    // populate boost carousel
+    
     // skip dm list for now
     // public/unified list
     const pl = util.$("public_list");
@@ -149,11 +153,12 @@ const threadSelector = `underbbs-thread-summary[data-msg='${rootId}']`
     const existingThread = document.querySelector(threadSelector);
     const thread = this._threads.find(t=>t.root.data.id == rootId);
     if (existingThread && thread) {
-      debugger;
       existingThread.setAttribute("data-latest", `${thread.latest}`);
       existingThread.setAttribute("data-len", `${thread.messageCount}`);
       existingThread.setAttribute("data-new", "true");
     } else {
+      // if latest is a boost, put it in the carousel
+      
       // unified/public list for now
       const pl = util.$("public_list");
       if (pl && thread) {
@@ -190,14 +195,14 @@ util.errMsg(this._name + " has no datastore!");
       return;
     }
     // make multiple passes over the store until every message is either
-    // placed in a thread, or orphaned and waiting for its parent to be returned
+    // placed in a thread, the boost carousel, or orphaned and waiting for its parent to be returned
     do{
       for (let k of datastore.messages.keys()) {
         this.placeMsg(k);
       }
     }  while (this._threads.reduce((sum: number, thread: MessageThread)=>{
       return sum + thread.messageCount;
-    }, 0) + this._orphans.length < datastore.messages.size);
+    }, 0) + this._boosts.length + this._orphans.length < datastore.messages.size);
   }
   
   placeMsg(k: string): string | null {
@@ -211,11 +216,20 @@ if (!msg) {
       util.errMsg(`message [${this._name}:${k}] doesn't exist`);
       return null;
     }
+    if (msg.renoteId) {
+      // fetch the referent thread and put the boost in the carousel
+      this._convoyBatchTimer.queue(msg.renoteId, 2000);
+      if (!this._boosts.some(m=>m.id == msg.id)) {
+          this._boosts.push(msg);
+      }
+      return null;
+    }
     for (let t of this._threads) {
       // avoid processing nodes again on subsequent passes
       if (!msg || t.findNode(t.root, msg.id)) {
         return null;
       }
+
       if (msg.replyTo) { 
         let x = t.addReply(msg.replyTo, msg);
         if (x) {

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ 
+export class BoostTileElement extends HTMLElement {
+
+  static observedAttributes = [ "data-boostid", "data-msgid", "data-author", "data-booster" ];
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.innerHTML = "<div class='boost_booster'></div><div class='boost_author'></div><div class='boost_content'></div>";
+  }
+  
+  connectedCallback() {
+  }
+  
+  attributeChangedCallback(attr: string, prev: string, next: string) {
+  }
+}

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ public mentions: string[] = [];
   public created: number = 0;
   public edited: number | null = null;
   public visibility: string = "public";
+  public renoteId: string | null = null;
 }
 
 export class Author {

@@ -58,13 +58,12 @@ }
   }
 
   static connect(): void {
-
-
-
     const wsProto = location.protocol == "https:" ? "wss" : "ws";
     const _conn = new WebSocket(`${wsProto}://${location.host}/subscribe`, "underbbs");
+    
     _conn.addEventListener("open", DatagramSocket.onOpen);
     _conn.addEventListener("message", DatagramSocket.onMsg);
+    
     _conn.addEventListener("error", (e: any) => {
       console.log("websocket connection error");
       console.log(JSON.stringify(e));

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Replies     []string     `json:"replies"`
 	ReplyCount  int          `json:"replyCount"`
 	Mentions    []string     `json:"mentions"`
 	Visibility  string       `json:"visibility"`
+	RenoteId    *string      `json:"renoteId,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type Author struct {