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

In my understanding, boost is retweet and upvote is upvote. So upvote is the Reddit upvote but it doesn't change your reputation?

[-] Limeey@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

There is no boost on Lemmy instances, though

[-] CylonBunny@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

What happens when a kbin user boosts my Lemmy post? What happens when I upvote their post? So many questions

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[-] darknavi@vlemmy.net 0 points 1 year ago

As someone from Lemmy land this confuses me.

Have an upvote!

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[-] NotAPenguin@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

You should update your post to clarify that what you said isn't true.

Upvotes are upvotes, boost is like retweet.

The reputation calculation just haven't been updated yet.

[-] HamSwagwich@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Right, so boost behaves like Reddit upvote at the moment. So the title of the post is accurate still.

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