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Oh, now I see! So the upvote is really an upvote and the only difference is that it doesn't count for reputation, right?
In Mastodon there are ‘likes’ and boosts. The like is the equivalent of an upvote here, as I understand it. A like is just a message to the author that their comment or post is cool. A boost is a message to your followers ’hey guys, you should look at this’
That brings into question what downvotes are, then hah.
They aren't used in Mastodon. Maybe they are in other platforms (misskey?)
Nope.
And, at the very least, kbin downvotes don't federate. Lemmy's might, but they won't be recognized by other platforms.
That is my understanding yes.
I tested upvoting in Lemmy and KBin and I do see the upvotes go up and down on both sites.
Yes, and no. kbin is a bit in no-man's land somethings like reputation and 'top' sorting use boosts, but and upvote is indeed an upvote and it is quite likely the the reputation and top sorting will be changed at some point.
This is an open issue still being discussed, see my other comment below:
https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/88976/Kbin-upvote-vs-Lemmy-upvvote#entry-comment-375345
Yes. The reputation calculation just haven't been updated yet.
You should update your post to clarify so the misunderstanding of upvotes not being upvotes doesn't spread more.