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zogstrip@meta.discourse.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

That’s not planned. It’s just a reaction/emoji with a small text.

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bartv@meta.discourse.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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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?
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- zogstrip@meta.discourse.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
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  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
  
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  I honestly have no idea where the name comes from :grin:
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