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.

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    Boost should be removed entirely since it’s nonsense to boost most things. E.g. even if I liked your comment here, why would I want to “retweet” that (and retweet into what even)? I just want to tell you that I liked it… with an upvote.

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      I think it’s like for compatability with the microblogging side of the fediverse; so when someone on Mastodon follows you they can see what you’ve been “retweeting”.

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          So, “boosting” a microblog/post (tweet) will “repost” it into your timeline (so your followers see it)? But what about for threads/comments? Is there any functionality at all for boosting it except to give the user reputation?

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      As @HidingCat said it’s to increase compatibility with the other app. If I’m following your Kbin account from my Mastodon one, when you boost something I’ll see it pop up on my feed. I’d be in favour of keeping it but changing the label to something like “boost to fediverse” or “share with followers”, or even just “share”.

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        “share” is obvious in what it does, and efficient in terms of using space on the website. I like it.

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        Right but it’s more than that too though - because if someone is following you on mastodon, and they boost your comment - that adds to your reputation. Which makes more sense than liking stuff increasing your reputation, because people on mastodon (or other platforms) will like stuff just to tell you they like it, but boosting means they think more people should see it - which is more equivalent to an upvote than a like is.

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      For now I use it to save things, since there is no save function.

      So it could probably be replaced by that.

      But I think it’s also here for compatibility with Mastodon…