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? :)

  • VerifiablyMrWonka
    11•2 years ago

    Secondary? The boosting of a post is secondary to the… boosting?

    I’d be down with the use of a reblog/retweet icon. It’s ubiquitous enough that a majority of people would understand it.

    EDIT. Parent was edited. I agree the upvote is the “side effect”.

    • fearoutOP
      4•2 years ago

      Probably some frankenicon merging retweet with a flying upvote might work.

    • static
      3•2 years ago

      Yes, the double upvote is secundary to the retweet.

      The retweet is understood by the fediverse, for example mastodon. The double upvote only happens in kbin