The ability to ‘boost’ your own comments/threads has been used by a very small number of users in a way that seriously degrades conversation on the platform. These users constantly move their own contributions to the top of the conversation without regard to their value. If allowed to continue it will likely become standard for everyone to do the same and the value of the ‘boost’ feature will be lessened.
I can’t see a downside to removing the ability to do so, and it seems like it would be very easy to implement. Though, I am open to discussion on the topic.
Thank you. (And, once again, I apologize if there is a thread about this topic already. I searched, but didn’t see one.)
In addition to what PugJesus said, it seems to me that a single boost moving a post/comment to the top of the conversation is also a symptom of a bigger issue - which is that a lot of Fediverse communities are still very small. As a community grows in size (from dozens/hundreds of people to thousands/tens of thousands or more) a single boost should have less and less of an impact.
Removing the ability for users to boost their comments or threads can indeed be a solution to address the issues backpack battles you’ve highlighted.
