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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 HamSwagwich@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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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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[–] darknavi@vlemmy.net 19 points 1 year ago (16 children)

As someone from Lemmy land this confuses me.

Have an upvote!

[–] HamSwagwich@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago (15 children)

I think it confuses everyone. I have no idea why these two things exist in KBin. It's a complete mystery the thought process that went into it.

[–] ChillChillinChinchilla@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because kbin can interface with content from mastodon AND Lemmy.

The boost is for mastodon/microblogs, the upvote is for Lemmy/threadiverse.

[–] Awwab@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Upvotes are likes for mastodon but afaik they don't do anything in mastodon except make you feel good that people liked your post.

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