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Can someone explain to me how kbins reputation system works? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by TooL@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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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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[–] skepickle@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (13 children)

From what I understand, currently it works like this: boost = +1, downvote = -1, and upvotes do not feed into reputation.

[–] TooL@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (7 children)

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?

[–] JollyRoberts@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@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

[–] dune-@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

@JollyRoberts So it's the equivalent of a retweet

@skepickle @TooL

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