i should be able to re-boost posts without unboosting them first

[thezeldazone@mastodon.social]

@eniko same

It errors out all the time too

[catsalad@infosec.exchange]

@eniko Agreed

[pawv@tech.lgbt]

@eniko I propose calling it "kicking", like you might kick a can multiple times while walking down a street.

[acornsquashbuckler@tech.lgbt]

@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

[acornsquashbuckler@tech.lgbt]

Kind of crazy that a chronological social media platform doesn't have a queue.

[yngmar@social.tchncs.de]

@eniko Once the boosters are spent, you have to discard them first.

[nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social]

@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.

[mostlytato@mstdn.social]

@Doomed_Daniel @eniko
Turbo Boost!

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@nazokiyoubinbou same, it's very annoying

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

@eniko like, we should be able to reboost after a certain period of time. maybe a week or month?

[fromthefourthplanet@mas.to]

@eniko
is *that* how it's done????

[orca@nya.one]

@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place I heard Misskey can do that.

[thomasjwebb@mastodon.social]

@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.

[steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co]

@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.

[nawer_rapter@mastodon.social]

@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*

[jandi@mastodon.social]

@AcornSquashbuckler Tracked here for Mastodon, with an interesting discussion: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/15219

[jandi@mastodon.social]

@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?

[lisamelton@mastodon.social]

@eniko This.

[delilahtech@tech.lgbt]

@eniko
Scheduled boosts is where it's at (depending on your client, I suppose)

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@FromTheFourthPlanet yep