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Can someone explain to me how kbins reputation system works? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by TooL@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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Because currently, it seems like the only thing it's recording are downvotes. Meanwhile upvotes are completely ignored, leading to pretty much every profile I see having a negative reputation.

Also, I have a very fragile ego and my -6 reputation hurts a bit.

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[–] albatros@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (24 children)

Currently :

"Boost" adds reputation. It's a kind of retweet.
"Downvote" removes reputation
"Upvote" does nothing. (edit : for reputation)

This is because previously the upvote was boost, they were switched around to be similar to other fediverse systems.

Dev mentioned in another thread that the reputation system should be changed to have up/down count instead of boost/down. But they have a lot to do right now so it might not be the most pressing issue...

[–] Double_A@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Boost should be removed entirely since it's nonsense to boost most things. E.g. even if I liked your comment here, why would I want to "retweet" that (and retweet into what even)? I just want to tell you that I liked it... with an upvote.

[–] VerifiablyMrWonka@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As @HidingCat said it's to increase compatibility with the other app. If I'm following your Kbin account from my Mastodon one, when you boost something I'll see it pop up on my feed. I'd be in favour of keeping it but changing the label to something like "boost to fediverse" or "share with followers", or even just "share".

[–] lwgrs@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

"share" is obvious in what it does, and efficient in terms of using space on the website. I like it.

[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think it's like for compatability with the microblogging side of the fediverse; so when someone on Mastodon follows you they can see what you've been "retweeting".

[–] EROLoLICON@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I actually use 'boost' to save a thread or comment since there is not a save option.

[–] curiosityLynx@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, you can microblog with your kbin account, so boosting with it actually does something.

[–] RheingoldRiver@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So, "boosting" a microblog/post (tweet) will "repost" it into your timeline (so your followers see it)? But what about for threads/comments? Is there any functionality at all for boosting it except to give the user reputation?

[–] curiosityLynx@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

As far as I understand it, if you boost a comment, it will also appear in your timeline.

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