Comment - FBXL Lotide

Comment on Testing Boosts on Meta

David_Ghost@meta.discourse.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I loved this. It’s great to see that it’s possible to add a message. This avoids those small posts that only say “thx nice share.”

will posts with a boost change the order in the topic page?

Sort:hotnew top

zogstrip@meta.discourse.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Image David_Ghost:

will posts with a boost change the order in the topic page?

That’s not planned. It’s just a reaction/emoji with a small text.
source
- bartv@meta.discourse.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  Image zogstrip:
  
  Image David_Ghost:
  
  will posts with a boost change the order in the topic page?
  
  That’s not planned. It’s just a reaction/emoji with a small text.
  
  I love the feature, but the name and icon are a bit misleading for me. Why is this called ‘boost’ if that’s not what it does?
  source
  - zogstrip@meta.discourse.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    Image bartv:
    
    Why is this called ‘boost’ if that’s not what it does?
    
    There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.
    
    – Phil Karlton
    
    :sweat_smile:
    
    I honestly have no idea where the name comes from :grin:
    source