"Boost" needs a visual rework on kbin (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by revengebreaker@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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It is the most unsatisfying feature on kbin.

We need something like this:
https://giphy.com/gifs/tri-indonesia-boost-triindonesia-duniatri-3BpyyvDfffs7t22Ged

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[-] elscallr@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pretty sure they serve the same purpose they do on reddit. In a feed on a Lemmy/kbin instance they control the ranking/order of posts and comments.

However I don't think they change reputation/karma at all.

[-] Pamasich@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's the other way around.

At least for the top sorting order, boost seems to be all that matters.

Reputation uses the formula upvotes - downvotes + 2*boost iirc.

[-] elscallr@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Kinda makes the voting rather pointless, then, other than an ego stroking.

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