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Kbin upvote vs Lemmy upvvote (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by mizzyc@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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I already understood that, for now, the Kbin upvote not really upvote a post/comment and to do so, I need to boost it.

But, how do Lemmy (and possibly other sites from Fediverse) deal with this difference?

For example:
If I boost a Lemmy post in Kbin, it'll count as an upvote on Lemmy? Or do I need to upvote it when it's a cross-post from another Fediverse?
And how does Lemmy understand a boost in post at Kbin?
Also, if someone at Lemmy upvote my post in Kbin, it'll count as an upvote or as a boost?

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[–] mack123@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Conceptually Boost and Upvote are intended for different things. That is in my very limited understanding.

Upvote is for the post only, but if you boost then the thing you boosted will be shared with your followers and is on your public feed.

The reputation calc does not look at upvotes at the moment, only boosts. This may change soon as the kbin author changes the site to be a better merge between the mastadon and lemmy concepts.

We are on a brand new developing platform. Things are changing fast, as we kick the tires and take it for a spin. It is both refreshing and exciting.

[–] mizzyc@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Oh, now I see! So the upvote is really an upvote and the only difference is that it doesn't count for reputation, right?

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In Mastodon there are ‘likes’ and boosts. The like is the equivalent of an upvote here, as I understand it. A like is just a message to the author that their comment or post is cool. A boost is a message to your followers ’hey guys, you should look at this’

[–] UnshavedYak@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That brings into question what downvotes are, then hah.

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

They aren't used in Mastodon. Maybe they are in other platforms (misskey?)

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

Nope.

And, at the very least, kbin downvotes don't federate. Lemmy's might, but they won't be recognized by other platforms.

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