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PSA: while upvoting exists, to get the "move closer to the top" effect that reddit's upvote had, you need to click boost (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by tryplot@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

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a small difference, but important to how people use the site

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[–] unsophisticated@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Horrible idea. No one sees this button, no one knows what it does, and upvotes definitely should have that effect.

[–] DougHolland@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

"Boost" comes across as a bug, not a feature. People should have one vote, not two.

[–] Calcharger@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ernest is likely working on it

[–] fartsinger@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We talking P. Worrell or the developer guy?

[–] Calcharger@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Developer guy

[–] Ashyr@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I'd give anything to have Ernest P. Worrell back and on the case.

[–] UnshavedYak@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yea, i'm working on my own Fedi software and i'm struggling with the point of boosting in the link aggregator context. It's an odd overlap with Reddit-style reposting to appropriate subs, but based on the user.

It makes sense in the Twitter UX, but i struggle to find it's place in the Reddit UX.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I see it as similar to the "save" function on Reddit, except it's public. I've started using it on things that I think I might like to read again later (and so by extension anyone who's "like me" would probably want to read it too).

[–] PazuzusRevenge@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Agreed. I upvoted AND boosted your comment for redundancy.

[–] Kichae@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They're not redundant functions. They're... Mixed up on kbin right now, because things were originally built with the up button boosting content, but that's incongruent with how Lemmy does it, so it was changed.

But boosting isn't really about sorting at all. It's about republishing content, so that it can be sent out to instances that have started following a group after the content was originally posted.

[–] ShadowRam@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I believe it is more akin to 're-tweeting' for your followers.

All boosts you boost are not private and everyone can see everything you have boosted