On every thread or post, if you click on more and activity, you’ll get the info.

I personally find this to be a good things, I’ve seen people using downvote way too easily. I like the idea that we need to be somehow accountable for those mechanism.

edit: It could be somehow improved to have an option to let this info only available between concerned users.

edit edit: I think that up/downvote info shouldn’t be public, but kept private between the users involved. we need to address this privacy issue.

  • mykl@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    Hypothesis confirmed by experiment. Enjoy the boost.

    So basically a boost acts like a “super-upvote” (in addition to acting like a share). Man, this is going to be interesting.

    EDIT: See replies below for more details.

    • Fatalchemist@kbin.social
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      2 years ago

      Is this how boost is intended or just part of the broken system while things get under control?

      I know like on mastodon, boost is basically retooting. Would me boosting something show somewhere on my profile? I guess I can look at your profile after this and see if the boost shows up on yours lol.

      • aroom@kbin.socialOP
        1·
        2 years ago

        in kbin, boosts and upvotes are like boosts and favorites in mastodon/calckey. but in here, boosts also ranking up the thread in the top category.

        the reputation point is broken tho, because the mechanism behind boost and upvote have been modified/switched a few days ago, but the reputation point code not updated yet.

        • Neato@kbin.social
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          2 years ago

          New to kbin and don’t use Mastodon yet. If a boost is a super-upvote, why wouldn’t you boost everything when you voted it up?

          Edit: found the FAQ: boosts are sent to followers in timeline/feed.

          • aroom@kbin.socialOP
            1·
            2 years ago

            boosts are like retweet. it improves the visibility of a thread. it’s like sharing it with all your followers + promoting it to the top category.

            I boost content that I want to be seen. I upvote content as a kind gesture for the author. I downvote content that is really not appropriate but just not enough to be reported.