• elscallr@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    Pretty sure they serve the same purpose they do on reddit. In a feed on a Lemmy/kbin instance they control the ranking/order of posts and comments.

    However I don’t think they change reputation/karma at all.

    • Pamasich@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      It’s the other way around.

      At least for the top sorting order, boost seems to be all that matters.

      Reputation uses the formula upvotes - downvotes + 2*boost iirc.