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PSA: Upvote is not an upvote like you are used to (like Reddit) - "Boost" is the Reddit Upvote (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Like the title says, if you want to upvote something on KBin, you should use the Boost link, not the upvote button (Why? Don't know...)

The upvote button doesn't seem to do much, but Boost accomplishes what Reddit's upvote did. So if you're looking to encourage a post, use the Boost link.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Surely @ernest has some help at this point? Needs to start delegating or finding trusted maintainers if not.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah there are a bunch of us in the dev chat now. Some of us have set up our additional kbin instances such as myself. I’m still looking through the code and getting up to speed but hope to contribute to the main code base soon. (Right now I’m experimenting with some features I wrote on my instance)

So yes, it’s mainly been Ernest up until this point but he is starting to get additional support from the community :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for joining! Excited to see the site grow.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you! I’m excited to see the site grow as well. We seem to be building a nice place to hangout and have good discussions unlike the site that shall not be named.

(Also love your username)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, there is a very strong team there now, and I will gradually delegate responsibility in certain areas. I need to focus on my own milestones. However, I want to do it slowly because there are many pitfalls here that are a consequence of kbin being a side project. But the organization on Matrix was amazing, and I didn't even lift a finger for it.

@BedSharkPal @Upvotes_Kills_Birds

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Your level of engagement with the community is absolutely spectacular. I'm glad to have found myself a cozy little Internet space and wish you the best of luck with this one hell of a side project!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Is any of this code open sourced, or on GitHub, gitlab, etc? Is the matrix channel private or open to any coders?