<![CDATA[i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first]]>i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/271850ab-dbbf-4e44-a693-f74d5edad18d/i-should-be-able-to-re-boost-posts-without-unboosting-them-firstRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:06:28 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2026 19:22:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:59:17 GMT]]>@eniko @blogdiva yeah, there's no reason to limit. At the spec level it's not limited (you can have multiple Announce for the same object from the same actor, and the “shares“ collection on which they get recorded should be able to hold multiples). This is entirely a Mastodon limitation, and I suspect it's mostly due to UI limitations (how do you cancel an announcement if there can be multiples? The boost button ceases to be a toggle.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116447298009825644https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116447298009825644Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:59:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:47:24 GMT]]>@eniko @blogdiva
Cons: tumblr-style “50 reboosts in as many seconds for comic effect”
Pros: tumblr-style “50 reboosts in as many seconds for comic effect”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/utterlymundane/statuses/116447251331882683https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/utterlymundane/statuses/116447251331882683Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:47:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:51:14 GMT]]>@blogdiva I mean I think I should be able to do it as much as I want. Not sure why you'd limit it

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/116447030465291783https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/116447030465291783Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:51:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:50:11 GMT]]>@FromTheFourthPlanet yep

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/116447026300319208https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/116447026300319208Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:50:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:23:32 GMT]]>@eniko
Scheduled boosts is where it's at (depending on your client, I suppose)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/DelilahTech/statuses/116446449664693604https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/DelilahTech/statuses/116446449664693604Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:23:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:30:24 GMT]]>@eniko This. 💯

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116445297015630586https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116445297015630586Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:30:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:51:59 GMT]]>@eniko I agree.

It seems doable client-side (unlike the queue mentioned in other post), maybe my favorite clients @pachli & @phanpy are interested in the idea?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jandi/statuses/116445145975618905https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jandi/statuses/116445145975618905Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:51:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:46:33 GMT]]>@AcornSquashbuckler Tracked here for Mastodon, with an interesting discussion: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/15219

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jandi/statuses/116445124558948884https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jandi/statuses/116445124558948884Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:46:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:25:03 GMT]]>@eniko me, if this is allowed: did I-? Wait didn't I? But didn't I-? Did they change? Wait what? Well just to be sure *this is the 10nth time I boosted the same post*

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Nawer_Rapter/statuses/116445040055363027https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Nawer_Rapter/statuses/116445040055363027Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:25:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:14:23 GMT]]>@blogdiva @eniko @catsalad Hm. Spitballing here. It sounds like it could be done by adding a grayed-out ReBoost button next to the Boost which changes to functional once a boost is observed by the software. That has slim chance because of small screen width requirements. Or the Boost could change to ReBoost when you boost a post, as long as there is an UnBoost option in the drop-down. I'd go for that, myself.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/users/steter/statuses/116444998117208481https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/users/steter/statuses/116444998117208481Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:14:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:01:00 GMT]]>@eniko yes! The one loophole I use is do a quote toot each time (even if I type the same thing each time). Feels like a bug that this is missing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/thomasjwebb/statuses/116444945484174556https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/thomasjwebb/statuses/116444945484174556Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:01:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:54:32 GMT]]>@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place I heard Misskey can do that.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nya.one/notes/alcq79b72bqw1hfihttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nya.one/notes/alcq79b72bqw1hfiTue, 21 Apr 2026 21:54:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:47:27 GMT]]>@eniko
is *that* how it's done????

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/FromTheFourthPlanet/statuses/116444892173967190https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/FromTheFourthPlanet/statuses/116444892173967190Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:47:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:42:56 GMT]]>@eniko like, we should be able to reboost after a certain period of time. maybe a week or month?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116444874466033830https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116444874466033830Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:42:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:58:07 GMT]]>@nazokiyoubinbou same, it's very annoying

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/116444698188617597https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/116444698188617597Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:58:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:00:08 GMT]]>@Doomed_Daniel @eniko
Turbo Boost! 🚀

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/MostlyTato/statuses/116444470187687197https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/MostlyTato/statuses/116444470187687197Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:00:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:47:15 GMT]]>@eniko Especially since if you hit boost again too quickly after unboosting it can confuse the system and you can't even be sure if it boosted right or not. I have to unboost, count in my head a bit to make sure I'm waiting long enough, then click again.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urusai.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116444419554803131https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urusai.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116444419554803131Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:47:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:35:06 GMT]]>@eniko Once the boosters are spent, you have to discard them first.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/yngmar/statuses/116444371795074579https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/yngmar/statuses/116444371795074579Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:35:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:31:31 GMT]]>Kind of crazy that a chronological social media platform doesn't have a queue.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/AcornSquashbuckler/statuses/116444357674540981https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/AcornSquashbuckler/statuses/116444357674540981Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:31:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:30:37 GMT]]>@eniko I would also love to queue/schedule my boosts and posts so I can spread out my flurry of activity over the day and catch people in their timezone

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/AcornSquashbuckler/statuses/116444354154125216https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/AcornSquashbuckler/statuses/116444354154125216Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:30:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:28:10 GMT]]>@eniko I propose calling it "kicking", like you might kick a can multiple times while walking down a street.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/pawv/statuses/116444344488164808https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/pawv/statuses/116444344488164808Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:28:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:26:23 GMT]]>@eniko Agreed

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/catsalad/statuses/116444337535717785https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/catsalad/statuses/116444337535717785Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:26:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:25:45 GMT]]>@eniko same

It errors out all the time too

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TheZeldaZone/statuses/116444334982856001https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TheZeldaZone/statuses/116444334982856001Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:25:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:25:12 GMT]]>@eniko Yeah, a "boost again" option would be extremely neat

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/NullTheFool/statuses/116444332824393374https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/NullTheFool/statuses/116444332824393374Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:25:12 GMT