I heard that votes have been changed to behave closer to how people would expect, and boost is staying here as well. So I had an idea how to bring it all together in the interface.
Sidenote: you don't have to click the links here, the images are also posted inline in the comments below.
An app (either Artemis or an official one) might use a swipe gesture to visually hint at the relation between upvoting and boosting, as shown in the attached animation. Here's a static app mockup with both swipe levels displayed. I'd also imagine that there should be a setting that auto-upvotes posts when boosting.
And on the web, it's probably a good idea to consolidate all the voting buttons into a single block by adding an additional button at the top.
Edit: I’m disappointed in you guys. How come no one noticed the memes? :)
Not a fan. This would make swiping gestures for more useful functions, like going back, impossible.
Nope, those functions coexist. Have you used Apollo? Or any native apple app, for that matter. For example, Mail and Notes use the same gesture combination. The difference is you swipe from outside the edge to go back, and start somewhere on the screen to open a swipe drawer. It’s pretty intuitive to use and is included in Apple guidelines.
So no functionality would be lost.
No, of course I haven't used any Apollo app because of course I don't use Apple products. That gesture exists in Android too though, system wide, but it's not really an alternative to fluid app gestures. I tried wefwef for example, which is close to what you're suggesting, and I just end up accidentally voting & boosting while scrolling.