PSA: Upvote is not an upvote like you are used to (like Reddit) - "Boost" is the Reddit Upvote

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.

Damaskox,
@Damaskox@kbin.social avatar

So...is the boost and the upvote info still valid?

robinson,

Romance with Your Adorable Girlfriend!

Yoscooter,

https://youtube.com/shorts/wx5DO_jceJc?si=lGWBdHW7tPa68Wxu

Sylveon-Z,
@Sylveon-Z@kbin.social avatar

I do wish there was a bit more privacy involved with boosting though, as of right now anyone can see what I boost.

WhyIDie,

for me, the main selling point of kbin over lemmy was the transparency in user interactions on here. the last straw on the camel's back over at lemmy for me was seeing blatant vote manipulation hiding behind the end-user anonymity; kept an eye on some accounts that would instantly always get the same number of upvotes, dependent on the specific account, less than 3-5 seconds after posting. it was always some single-digit amount (I assume to not get flagged by the system), but that's all it takes to signal others to feel safer upvoting it.

the same can be done likewise to bury others' content that they can view as competition to what they want seen, multiple early downvotes can act as a subconscious deterrent to others

mrbubblesort,
@mrbubblesort@kbin.social avatar

I really don't know which is which and what does what, so I just click them both

dannekrose,
@dannekrose@kilioa.org avatar

@HamSwagwich

This is a result of the original design. Kbin, up until just before the peak traffic hit, was using boosts as upvotes and favorites/likes were just below the post/thread (where boost sits now). Lemmy does it the way it is now (likes = upvotes) so Ernest changed it to match Lemmy behavior. But just as he changed it, he hadn’t changed the calculation for reputation to match when the server nearly melted down and he has to spend all his time just trying to keep the site alive by himself.

iamhazel,
@iamhazel@beehaw.org avatar

Respect

garrettw87,
@garrettw87@kbin.social avatar

I see you’re on a different Kbin instance. Was this intended to be a threaded reply, out of curiosity? Because it shows up as a top-level comment on the post for me.

Awwab,
@Awwab@kbin.social avatar

He using an optional feature that lets you auto populate your reply box with the OPs username.

garrettw87,
@garrettw87@kbin.social avatar

Yes, but my bigger point is that it’s not threaded as a reply to one of that user’s comments.

Edit: Oops, nevermind. I saw their comments elsewhere down here but didn’t realize they were OP. Just one of the interface things on Kbin that needs improvement.

Edit 2: I need to figure out how to do strikethrough text on here

artillect,
@artillect@kbin.social avatar

You can do strikethrough text ~~like this~~

HamSwagwich,
@HamSwagwich@kbin.social avatar

I'm viewing this from KBin and I don't see strikethrough.

artillect,
@artillect@kbin.social avatar

That's because I put that in a code block with backticks (`), here's what it looks like normally testing

Overarch3784,
@Overarch3784@kbin.social avatar

test

Teon,
@Teon@kbin.social avatar

test successful

LinusWorks4Mo,
@LinusWorks4Mo@kbin.social avatar

like this?

Shortcake,

the dev of kbin will be changing this. so up/downvotes are what affect your reputation. It's just not a priority right now

BedSharkPal,

Do we know if there have been any releases since the influx of users? Or are they just focusing on backend stuff still?

There's still a lot of long hanging fruit *COUGHcollapsingthreads that would be great to have addressed sooner rather than later.

ChillChillinChinchilla,
@ChillChillinChinchilla@kbin.social avatar

they

It's just one guy. We were a bit worried if he was even sleeping when the first big wave hit and he kept everything up by cloudflare and prayer.

AnonymousLlama,
@AnonymousLlama@kbin.social avatar

You can have a look here to see a test instance with some of the things that are coming, Ernest (the admin) has been merging in a range of tickets including bug fixes, UI improvements and other bits.

There seems to be an ever growing backlog of feature requests and bug fixes in the issues list but a fair bit is getting sorted out behind the scenes.

I'm mostly focused on UI/UX for mobile.

KuchiKopi,
@KuchiKopi@lemmy.world avatar

Thanks! I’ll upvote this for visibility.

Potato__Ninja,

Bruh, you got me laughing hard.

DONTBANTHISACCOUNT,

418 upvotes / 3 downvoted = You one funny Person*

I am brand new to KBIN n loving it so far

Thanks to OP I got me answer .. that's the first thing I didn't get;
"What's the diff between n upvote and boost ? "

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