Because currently, it seems like the only thing it’s recording are downvotes. Meanwhile upvotes are completely ignored, leading to pretty much every profile I see having a negative reputation.
Also, I have a very fragile ego and my -6 reputation hurts a bit.
And a boost is… what exactly? I feel like that system is going to lead to pretty much everyone being close to 0 or negative. Especially if downvotes federate between instances, as I don’t believe boost is even an option for lemmy instances is it?
@TooL
Upvote = I like this thread/post
Boost = everyone following me, here is a thing I think you should see
-ish. That’s my understanding at the moment anyway
@skepickle
@JollyRoberts So it’s the equivalent of a retweet
@skepickle @TooL
I guess I didn’t know there was a following mechanism here. Good to know, thanks.
I don’t know, I will boost your comment and see what happens… I hope it doesn’t open a webcam discussion where we see each others, that would be awkward.
Edit: what is this madness? I see a +1 but with no way to remove it! It’s forever. Be cautious!
The funniest part is my reputation actually went down to -7 now so… I have no idea if boosting it even did anything.
Clicking on “boost” again should remove the boost. At least that works for me.
Liar! I did it and now he has 2 boosts!