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)
Does boosting cost anything? What’s to prevent people from just boosting instead of upvoting?
Why do you think we need to prevent people from boosting? Boost has more functions than just “super upvote,” and a basic understanding of the system will make it clear that you’ll be hitting them in different situations.
Perhaps reply to them and ask about why they boosted something random - talking of which, that John Oliver pic? :-p
That pic was, and still is, fucking hilarious. I won’t apologize. :D
Fair :)
I was mostly just demonstrating that Boosts become part of your profile and thus a much more public endorsement. I should however probably have picked on kaseijin to show this, not as the person who replied.