On an article I see: boosts (x) | reduces (x) | favourites (x)

What does “reduces” mean, what effect does it have, and how does a user reduce a post?

I see the link to boost a post, and I see “more” but this doesn’t contain a “reduce” link.

  • 0xtero@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    “reduce” is probably just a bit of a language mishap from a non-native speaker.

    It means “downvote” (the arrow down).
    The arrow up is “favourite” (essentially, upvote).
    These two control the popularity of the post in the Threads feed (and I think both of them count towards “active”)

    “Boost” is equivalent to Twitters “re-tweet” function - it’s a Microblog-thing. I can, for example, see this post from my Mastodon account and I could “boost” it to my followers there.

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    1 year ago

    Favorites and Boosts effectively move a post up the list to be seen more. Boosts also increase a users reputation while reduces decrease it. Favorites do nothing for your reputation, but the dev for kbin says he will change it so favorites and reduces are the driving factors. He may change the terms too.