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NEW: Update & Clarification on Votes, Boosts, Favorites, and Reputation Points on kbin (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by frasassi@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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Ernest just posted some comments clarifying recent changes to Votes, Boosts, Favorites, and Reputation Points:

Upvotes & Downvotes function akin to Reddit
Boosts count as two Upvotes (link)
Favorites are added to https://kbin.social/fav if you Upvote (link)
Reputation Points have been updated

In addition to that, Ernest stated that "there is no connection between reputation points and sorting algorithms. It's just info in the profile" (link)

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[–] shepherd@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

Wait so when am I supposed to boost? Upvotes sort now, so I should usually upvote and boost when I think something should be at the top?

[–] kuontom@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yup, boost and upvote if you want to give a bigger push to a post towards the top. Remember boosts are like retweets - they're public and will show up on your profile in the boosts section.

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