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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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[–] dannekrose@kilioa.org 221 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@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@beehaw.org 44 points 1 year ago

Respect

[–] garrettw87@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] garrettw87@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

You can do strikethrough text ~~like this~~

[–] HamSwagwich@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] artillect@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] Manticore@readit.buzz 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

As a desktop kbin user, there's no strikethrough. Unsure as to why, if kbin is markdown. Strikethrough is considered advanced markdown formatting so I'm guessing kbin didn't include it. Now I'm curious to see how much common markdown is visible on kbin's desktop platform.

Guide for those unfamiliar with markdown, so you can see what I'm doing. ✔ means I can see it on desktop kbin, ❌ means it remains unformatted (formatting characters remain).

Horizontal rule ✔

Testing MD (headings)

  • bullet points ✔

    • sub bullets (no tab on kbin; use 4 spaces) ✔

  • bold ✔

  • emphasis ✔

  • ~~strikethrough~~ ❌

  • escaping *characters* ✔

  • code (inline) ✔

quote ✔

[–] artillect@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

I'm using kbin.social on desktop and it shows up fine for me, not sure what's going on on your instance

[–] AnonymousLlama@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Oddly enough all of that looks perfectly fine on kbin mobile, even the strike through, I'll have a look at desktop later and if it's doesn't work

[–] AWildMimicAppears@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

i on kbin.social see the strikethrough fine

[–] Overarch3784@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

~~test~~

[–] Teon@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

~~test successful~~

[–] garrettw87@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

How weird. When I do that, it doesn’t seem to work.

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

~~testing your assertion~~

[–] jdaxe@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

~~test~~

Edit: doesn't seem to render properly on jerboa lemmy client

[–] Dick_Justice@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It looks good on the . 35 Jerboa

[–] LinusWorks4Mo@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

~~like this?~~

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ideas for Edit 3: crate the Reddit avatar and start anew. 🥹