tryplot to Reddit [email protected] • 2 years agoPSA: while upvoting exists, to get the "move closer to the top" effect that reddit's upvote had, you need to click boostmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1293
arrow-up1293message-squarePSA: while upvoting exists, to get the "move closer to the top" effect that reddit's upvote had, you need to click boosttryplot to Reddit [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squareShadowRamlinkfedilink2•2 years agoBut also keep in mind, anyone can look at your profile and see what you have boosted. So there’s a privacy issue with boosting threads/comments. For example, https://kbin.social/u/tryplot/boosts I can see you boosted a thread about Biden and Assisted Deaths
minus-squareartillectlinkfedilink2•2 years agoBoosting is like retweeting, it doesn’t make sense for it to be private.
minus-squaremetaStaticlinkfedilink1•2 years agohonestly surprised mine isn’t majority self boosts. PSA boost all your own posts for positive reputation
minus-squarePupBirulinkfedilink2•2 years agoeveryone can see your likes too! it’s important to how activitypub works for all that to be public tap more, activity to see the likes on pretty much anything on kbin
minus-squarecachesonlinkfedilink1•2 years agoJust so everyone’s aware, upvotes and downvotes are also public, due to how federation works.
But also keep in mind, anyone can look at your profile and see what you have boosted.
So there’s a privacy issue with boosting threads/comments.
For example, https://kbin.social/u/tryplot/boosts
I can see you boosted a thread about Biden and Assisted Deaths
Boosting is like retweeting, it doesn’t make sense for it to be private.
honestly surprised mine isn’t majority self boosts.
PSA boost all your own posts for positive reputation
everyone can see your likes too! it’s important to how activitypub works for all that to be public
tap more, activity to see the likes on pretty much anything on kbin
Just so everyone’s aware, upvotes and downvotes are also public, due to how federation works.