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PSA: Upvote is not an upvote like you are used to (like Reddit) - "Boost" is the Reddit Upvote (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by HamSwagwich@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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Like the title says, if you want to upvote something on KBin, you should use the Boost link, not the upvote button (Why? Don't know...)

The upvote button doesn't seem to do much, but Boost accomplishes what Reddit's upvote did. So if you're looking to encourage a post, use the Boost link.

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[-] scamper@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

But what are upvotes and downvotes? I would have assumed upvote is fave/star. Is downvote an emoji react?

[-] garrettw87@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I believe you are correct about upvotes. To my knowledge, downvotes don’t federate at all (ActivityPub may not support them, for all I know), so what they do here is merely affect reputation points.

[-] scamper@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Oh interesting, so are downvote counts only reflective of what my individual server has received? I assumed they at least federated between kbin and Lemmy even if the rest of fedi didn't have a way to understand them.

[-] garrettw87@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

It’s possible, but again don’t take my word for it. I haven’t really begun to dive into the code just yet.

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[-] Limeey@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

There is no boost on Lemmy instances, though

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[-] Aatube@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

In my understanding, boost is retweet and upvote is upvote. So upvote is the Reddit upvote but it doesn't change your reputation?

[-] ArthurParkerhouse@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Why doesn't Kbin have the [+] and [-] buttons for collapsing or opening comment threads? Or, if it does, where can I find that setting?

[-] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

It's coming. There is already a fix someone created that is waiting to be reviewed and merged into the site.

[-] ThatOneKirbyMain2568@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

boost (93)

Well played.

[-] Yoscooter@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

https://youtube.com/shorts/wx5DO_jceJc?si=lGWBdHW7tPa68Wxu

[-] TheTheMeet@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

thanks, im boosting this. now if i could just not scroll to the furthest down for replying...

[-] TwilightVulpine@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Took me a moment to figure out what you were even talking about. The boost button is translated as "upvoto" in Portuguese, so that doesn't help...

Maybe it should be something like "promover" (promote).

[-] Damaskox@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

So...is the boost and the upvote info still valid?

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