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this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what's the difference between boosting and hitting the upvote/downvote looking buttons?
Boost is a kbin upvote, while upvote is a Lemmy upvote. So if you want promote some good content on kbin, you have to use boost
This is awful. It’s confusing.
This is from the various services trying to talk to each other in ways they weren't originally designed to do, really. Our "upvote" is a mastodon "favorite" (like) while our "boost" is functionally a retweet/reblog. Kbin tries to bridge the gap between threaded content and microblogging, and it gets about 90% of the way there; all it really needs to do is change it so that upvotes are the ones that contribute to reputation instead of boosts, which are functionally useless outside a fully microblog-style environment.
What's the conversion to Stanley nickels?
0.69
I just gave you a Boost and a Favourite!
And an upvote?!
Lol, the developer has acknowledged it doesn't make sense at the moment and it will be changed.
It is currently broken which is why it functions in such a terrible way. A fix has been made, but not yet pushed to live. Hold tight :)
From what I can see the upvote / downvote both work as you'd expect now (as in upvoting curates content). There was apparently a period of time where 'boost' was the upvote mechanic but that's been changed
There's definitely room for improvement, but I like what I see so far and don't have a problem learning a new paradigm. I'm sure that as the platform matures things will become more consistent.
100% agreed on all points.
@Nugget_in_biscuit
@zcd @Calcharger @BingGoose Boost is 2x the reputation.
You're like, one week late on that buddy boy
@Calcharger better late than never.
oh haha my bad you're a dev, thank you for the info!
Sorry I just thought you were a rando haha
thanks, very good info worded nicely!
The upvote doesn't represent an upvote on Kbin, so if you get a normal flow of upvotes/downvotes and no boosts, you'll have a negative reputation.
reputation doesn't actually do anything, of course, but it is there.
@AnonTwo @ernest is aware of the issue: https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/80
Hopefully this will be changed soon, as the current system is confusing can be off-putting.
Boost is like retweeting something, you can have followers in the fediverse. Boosting makes something more visible to everyone, so you upvote/downvote things you personally like/dislike and boost things you think your followers/everyone would like
Think of this place as a cross between email, Twitter and reddit. All communities can interact with each other and are independent
Interestingly enough, boost for reddit app is still working..... For now
The Infinity app is still working as well. My Slide app is not.
Quite enjoying the Kbin experience after 11 years of reddit. I thought it would be harder to switch.
FUCK REDDIT. FUCK SPEZ.
fuck /u/spez
how can i as a simple user contribute to the growth of kbin?
Post, comment, boost, vote?
Deleted my Reddit account today. 12 years I was a user. No more.
deleted my account with reason: fuck u/spez
Deleted my account of 11 years just now as well after verifying PowerDeleteSuite didn’t miss anything the past few days. I thought this would be my hardest non-federated social media account to delete, since it was the last one standing and the one I used most. After what I’ve seen this month, it’s an easy delete. My time there is done.
When RIF died today a part of me died. But with death comes rebirth, and here we are. Forcibly pushed out of our comfort zones and into the brave new world of the fediverse. I have a feeling I will look upon this day with the same joy and reverence as the day my friend download rif on my phone for me all those years ago. It felt weird at first then became something I used almost every day. I have a feeling the same will happen here. We're all about to create something beautiful. Oh yeah and fuck spez
fuck u/spez
im boosting this as well..
do i need to scroll to the end of the page just to reply a post?
For now, yes. Fuck u/spez
Yes, the intent is to encourage reading comments before commenting.
Sorry didn't read that. ;P
Anyone have the numbers of today's new users for any of the kbin or Lemmy instances?
2.1k new kbin.social accounts made in the past 72 hours.
1.4k new lemmy.world accounts made in the past 72 hours.
Amazing! Long live the fediverse. Fuck Reddit!
Even better would be if they spread out over more instances instead ofself-centralising on a few 'flagship' instances. But no judgement, it's understandable; just keep in mind you can always move to another and connect with the same communities!
Open to suggestions chief. I know nothing about this brave new world.