Why does downvoting something make it show up as if I boosted it? (kbin.social)

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

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It seems very silly that me downvoting something makes it show up on my profile page under "boosts", makes it look like I liked the post and boosted it when in reality I downvoted it.

Feels weird that what I vote on is public at all.

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[-] McBinary@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

It really is weird... I don't really want my depravity public knowledge. I'm hesitant on what I upvote/downvote just because someone may at some point be able to see and use that information.

[-] Habnab@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Weird thing is that it seems to only be downvotes that act as boosts, not upvotes.

[-] CoderKat@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It's a bug that has been fixed but probably not rolled out yet. https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/47

[-] Habnab@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Ah nice, let's hope it rolls out soon, thanks!

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I must be too lemmy to understand this

[-] Habnab@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I mean yes, this was posted to kbinMeta

[-] McBinary@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

@Brunbrun6766
Actually, I think it is an issue with the kbin/lemmy cross-platform functionality, especially since some lemmy instances don't even allow downvotes (I think Beehaw is one?)
The way lemmy handles voting and boosting isn't quite the same I believe, so I think it's getting borked with federation.

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