Calcharger ,
@Calcharger@kbin.social avatar

We boost here

BingGoose ,

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what's the difference between boosting and hitting the upvote/downvote looking buttons?

Nugget_in_biscuit ,

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

Brkdncr ,

This is awful. It’s confusing.

harmonea ,
@harmonea@kbin.social avatar

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.

CurlyMoustache ,
@CurlyMoustache@kbin.social avatar

I just gave you a Boost and a Favourite!

HappySerf ,

And an upvote?!

f_u_reddit_992 ,

What’s the conversion to Stanley nickels?

AnHairyCoo ,

0.69

Kill_joy ,
@Kill_joy@kbin.social avatar

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 :)

DoucheAsaurus ,
@DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social avatar

Lol, the developer has acknowledged it doesn't make sense at the moment and it will be changed.

AnonymousLlama ,
@AnonymousLlama@kbin.social avatar

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

Hyperreality ,

Kbin is basically still in alpha. They're fixing stuff like this. It'll be fixed soon.

Mostly_Harmless ,
@Mostly_Harmless@kbin.social avatar

@Brkdncr

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.

melroy ,
@melroy@kbin.melroy.org avatar

@Nugget_in_biscuit
@zcd @Calcharger @BingGoose Boost is 2x the reputation.

Calcharger ,
@Calcharger@kbin.social avatar

You're like, one week late on that buddy boy

melroy ,
@melroy@kbin.melroy.org avatar

@Calcharger better late than never.

Calcharger ,
@Calcharger@kbin.social avatar

oh haha my bad you're a dev, thank you for the info!

Sorry I just thought you were a rando haha

melroy ,
@melroy@kbin.melroy.org avatar

@Calcharger Even if I was not a kbin developer, I hope we can all respect each other :)

HelloWorld ,
@HelloWorld@kbin.social avatar

thanks, very good info worded nicely!

TheDeadGuy ,
@TheDeadGuy@kbin.social avatar

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

AnonTwo ,

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.

atocci ,
@atocci@kbin.social avatar

It only doesn't count as an upvote as far as reputation is concerned, upvotes are still upvotes in determining post ranking.

MadCybertist ,
@MadCybertist@kbin.social avatar

Not on kbin they aren’t. The only thing that drives the ranking currently is boost. I think they are working on fixing that though.

Prouvaire ,

@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.

ernest ,
@ernest@kbin.social avatar

Yep https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/116811/PSA-every-interaction-you-make-with-various-posts-on-kbin#entry-comment-462816 :)

strangehill2dieon ,

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

eraitch ,

This was Mastodon for me (from Twitter). Now I'm all over the Fediverse. Wasn't even a Reddit user but am enjoying kbin/lemmy

TechDiver ,

fuck /u/spez
how can i as a simple user contribute to the growth of kbin?

zcd OP ,

Post, comment, boost, vote?

Arotrios ,
@Arotrios@kbin.social avatar

@zcd Boosting everyone in this thread - I'm doing my part!

zcd OP ,

Barely know what a boost is but everyone is getting one aww yiss

Tashlan ,
@Tashlan@kbin.social avatar

Fuck u/spez

ihavenopeopleskills ,
@ihavenopeopleskills@kbin.social avatar

Am I missing something? My not-yet-updated Infinity for Android app still loads Reddit.

FixedFun ,
@FixedFun@kbin.social avatar

Possibly still works for some

philoneous ,

fuck u/spez!

delta ,

FUCK /U/SPEZ

avyrla ,

Sup fellow Lemmings. Hope you enjoy your stay.

Kittengineer ,

Anyone coming from Apollo, I highly recommend wefwef. It’s impressively close given how short it’s been in development.

Also fuck spez

delta ,

Thanks for the recommendation! There’s so many apps in the works, I love it. I have a whole folder lol. I’ve found Thunder and Mlem to be the most overall functional so far but I’m definitely gonna check out wefwef.

I encourage everyone to go see what’s out there as far as third party apps. Fuck it, try them all!

edit: wow you weren’t kidding! it really feels extremely similar to apollo while managing to be a web app?? pretty impressive. although i’d prefer a native version…

octopum ,

Fuck 'em

siuvhne ,
@siuvhne@kbin.social avatar

I could use a boost! I'm already in the weeds!!

zcd OP ,

It’s dangerous to go alone, take this

Shambles404 ,

10 years of rif down the drain. Keen to learn about the fediverse. It’s very overwhelming.

modemuser ,

Left reddit after over 15 years, and joined the fediverse. Fuck u/spez

rickywithanm ,

Hell yeah

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