I heard that votes have been changed to behave closer to how people would expect, and boost is staying here as well. So I had an idea how to bring it all together in the interface.

Sidenote: you don’t have to click the links here, the images are also posted inline in the comments below.

An app (either Artemis or an official one) might use a swipe gesture to visually hint at the relation between upvoting and boosting, as shown in the attached animation. Here’s a static app mockup with both swipe levels displayed. I’d also imagine that there should be a setting that auto-upvotes posts when boosting.

And on the web, it’s probably a good idea to consolidate all the voting buttons into a single block by adding an additional button at the top.

Edit: I’m disappointed in you guys. How come no one noticed the memes? :)

  • fearout@kbin.socialOP
    1·
    1 year ago

    That in turn kinda hides the part where it actually boosts the post. Idk, but I feel like it’s a separate entity, not simply a retweet.

      • VerifiablyMrWonka@kbin.social
        0·
        1 year ago

        Secondary? The boosting of a post is secondary to the… boosting?

        I’d be down with the use of a reblog/retweet icon. It’s ubiquitous enough that a majority of people would understand it.

        EDIT. Parent was edited. I agree the upvote is the “side effect”.

        • static@kbin.social
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yes, the double upvote is secundary to the retweet.

          The retweet is understood by the fediverse, for example mastodon. The double upvote only happens in kbin