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Why do downvotes affect karma, but upvotes don't? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by adonis@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

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If I recall reading correctly, downvotes affect karma, but upvotes don't.

In case kbin introduces some kind of gamification rewarding system, isn't that counterintuitive, esoecially since both buttons are equally positioned?

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[–] skepickle@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Boosts count as positive reputation currently.

[–] SpaceCadet2000@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And you can boost yourself!

[–] skepickle@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, but that's just tacky ;-)

[–] curiosityLynx@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Boosting is essentially retweeting. On Kbin that means it appears as a toot in your microblog. If you have people following you, boosting your post so they see it makes sense. In Reddit terms, it's like one-click crossposting to your profile/personal user subreddit.

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