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Whats the difference between boosts and upvotes? (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by operator@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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[–] thesanewriter@vlemmy.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

KBin is not only a link aggregator like Reddit, it's also a microblogging site, like Twitter. Because of that, Boosts are most similar to retweets and help spread someone's microblogs, while upvoting helps bring up content in the aggregated boards.

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[–] btaf45@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Dang. All this time I have been "boosting" instead of "upvoting".

[–] dannekrose@kilioa.org 2 points 2 years ago

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Hi! This little FAQ might help out with that if you're interested. I tried to assume low knowledge of the Fediverse so I hope it makes sense.

https://kbin.social/m/kbinfaqs@kilioa.org/t/20459/A-small-FAQ-to-hopefully-help-new-users-to-kbin