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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] Limeey 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is no boost on Lemmy instances, though

[–] CylonBunny 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I boosted you from kbin, and I have a follower on mastodon.world.

Therefore you have a toot federated to mastodon.world : https://mastodon.world/@[email protected]/110596451235144258

[–] Limeey 6 points 1 year ago

Every time you boost a lemmy post, an angel gets its wings! And a demon gets its pitchfork. And a trans person gets their gender validated. And a nazi gets punched in the face!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If I understand correctly, when a Kbin user boosts a Lemmy post, it will work like an upvote, bringing it up. But it wouldn't affect anything for Lemmy users. But when a Lemmy user upvotes a post from a Kbin user, it will just be shown as an upvote but not effect reputation or anything, but will upvote it for lemmy users.