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Fuck Reddit u̶p̶v̶o̶t̶e̶ boost party!
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this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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We boost here
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what's the difference between boosting and hitting the upvote/downvote looking buttons?
Boost is a kbin upvote, while upvote is a Lemmy upvote. So if you want promote some good content on kbin, you have to use boost
This is awful. It’s confusing.
This is from the various services trying to talk to each other in ways they weren't originally designed to do, really. Our "upvote" is a mastodon "favorite" (like) while our "boost" is functionally a retweet/reblog. Kbin tries to bridge the gap between threaded content and microblogging, and it gets about 90% of the way there; all it really needs to do is change it so that upvotes are the ones that contribute to reputation instead of boosts, which are functionally useless outside a fully microblog-style environment.
I just gave you a Boost and a Favourite!
And an upvote?!
What's the conversion to Stanley nickels?
0.69
Lol, the developer has acknowledged it doesn't make sense at the moment and it will be changed.
It is currently broken which is why it functions in such a terrible way. A fix has been made, but not yet pushed to live. Hold tight :)
From what I can see the upvote / downvote both work as you'd expect now (as in upvoting curates content). There was apparently a period of time where 'boost' was the upvote mechanic but that's been changed
@Brkdncr
There's definitely room for improvement, but I like what I see so far and don't have a problem learning a new paradigm. I'm sure that as the platform matures things will become more consistent.
100% agreed on all points.
@Nugget_in_biscuit
@zcd @Calcharger @BingGoose Boost is 2x the reputation.
You're like, one week late on that buddy boy
@Calcharger better late than never.
oh haha my bad you're a dev, thank you for the info!
Sorry I just thought you were a rando haha
@Calcharger Even if I was not a kbin developer, I hope we can all respect each other :)
thanks, very good info worded nicely!
The upvote doesn't represent an upvote on Kbin, so if you get a normal flow of upvotes/downvotes and no boosts, you'll have a negative reputation.
reputation doesn't actually do anything, of course, but it is there.
@AnonTwo @ernest is aware of the issue: https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/80
Hopefully this will be changed soon, as the current system is confusing can be off-putting.
Yep https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/116811/PSA-every-interaction-you-make-with-various-posts-on-kbin#entry-comment-462816 :)
Boost is like retweeting something, you can have followers in the fediverse. Boosting makes something more visible to everyone, so you upvote/downvote things you personally like/dislike and boost things you think your followers/everyone would like
Think of this place as a cross between email, Twitter and reddit. All communities can interact with each other and are independent