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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 1 year 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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[–] minnieo@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

upvote = does nothing (for now) boost = upvote (affects reputation points)

[–] ArthurParkerhouse@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So sometime in the future an upvote will be used to score the post and get it on the "frontpage", and a Boost is just like a save feature to save posts to my microblog?

[–] minnieo@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i wouldnt call boost a save feature per say, but since we arent on mastodon it pretty much looks like one so i guess you can call it that lol. yes, eventually the reputation will be fixed and upvotes will affect it as it should, its just not a priority for now

[–] TheGreenGolem@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

*per se
I'm sorry

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

There's nothing wrong with being a little bit pedantic as long as you aren't an ass about it.

[–] minnieo@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

oh well, i was understood lol