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NEW: Update & Clarification on Votes, Boosts, Favorites, and Reputation Points on kbin (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Ernest just posted some comments clarifying recent changes to Votes, Boosts, Favorites, and Reputation Points:

  • Upvotes & Downvotes function akin to Reddit
  • Boosts count as two Upvotes (link)
  • Favorites are added to https://kbin.social/fav if you Upvote (link)
  • Reputation Points have been updated

In addition to that, Ernest stated that "there is no connection between reputation points and sorting algorithms. It's just info in the profile" (link)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boost when you want a post to be on your profile

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't really like this as maybe I just want a comment or post to get more exposure, but don't necessarily want it plastered on my profile page.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lemmy might be more your jam as a home base; Kbin's whole niche seems to be a blend of threaded content with microblog content, and boost(reblog) is a significant part of the latter.