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I just moved in from lemmy.world, and I found that a few posts and comments have hearts that are counted/added at the same time as upvotes (can't add them separately) What are these

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[–] regrub@lemmy.world 39 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Hearts = upvotes - downvotes

[–] Inkstainthebat@pawb.social 5 points 9 hours ago

Oh I see, thank you

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Downvote this to demonstrate. You can also enable upvote % in user settings.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I remember that previously it would have the score written without the heart... I did not notice that change.

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 hours ago

Must depend on your client and/or instance settings - I see raw up/down vote counts.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Additional question, if I may? I joined kbin and was told to use boost instead of upvote (though both buttons were there). I'm now on mbin [fedia and melroy, RIP kbin] and have the same boost and upvote buttons available. Am I supposed to boost or upvote on mbin?

[–] jwr1@kbin.earth 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Upvoting should be your default. Boosting is more like a "retweet", where you are publicly reposting something on your profile.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 3 points 5 hours ago

Thank you - I appreciate the help!