post / boost / zap / repost
You post a note. You boost it if it's good. You zap it if it deserves a zap. "Repost" will always be creating a new post with old content to me.
That's my take on terminology. Discuss.
Discussion
What is Boosting?
Isn't that Reposting?
I'd say no, because reposting something is posting something again (something that was posted before, either by yourself or by others).
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(i thought so too at first but "repost" has a long history and meaning)
I could've linked to the previous post I copy-pasted, but I thought it wouldn't be appropriate.
Makes sense. Boost is a good term.
wait wut
I couldโve sworn โboostโ = โbroadcastโ 
Amethyst uses "Boost" for reposts (not sure if any other client uses that)
But since there's also the sats-sharing boost now, it can be a bit confusing.
It's bump now. All good. nostr:npub1uu7s59s0vvdr3pwq8lj9yxe5mhk5ad76zc80ls6g3xvzssay5veq83w04u is a prophet
I was just confused because I thought "boost" was a synonym for "repost"
I thought broadcast was for relaying the note to all of your relays.
This is what I thought. Doesnโt it broadcast the note to relays the post was not posted on?
exactly thatโs what I consider to be a โboostโ of someoneโs note
I couldโve sworn someone passed on this knowledge to me when I first arrived ๐คฃ
No dude, a broadcast just sends the note out to more relays, it doesnโt โboostโ
The note to the top of everyoneโs chronological feed. A โrepostโ(boost) not only broadcasts a note to your relays, it also changes the chronological time on the relays putting it at the top of everyoneโs feed.
Broadcasting is used to get a note saved on more relays and therefore make it more searchable.
Renote/repost/boost is used to increase engagement.
sending it out to more relays is literally what โboostโ means to me
โBoosting the note to the top of everyoneโs feedโ is not what I have in mind when I say โboostโ what I have in mind when I say โboostโ is giving the note a boost to be picked up by my relays, you could argue that renotes and broadcasts are both ways of โboostingโ and Iโd agree ๐ซก
Yah but thatโs not what everyone using the term means, they literally mean renote because thatโs what their client calls renoting, like how Damus uses the term repost. Theyโre โboostingโ the post for more engagement.
Boost- help, encourage, lift from below, amplify.
Broadcasting doesnโt really do any of those things.
how could you honestly say what everyone means when using the term with absolute certainty my fren have you surveyed every single nostrich that uses this term ? also Iโd disagree โbroadcastingโ definitely amplifies a note, is it not now in more relays than it was when posted by the author ? n how does that not mean that it reaches a wider audience that it wouldnโt have otherwise ? (npubs who werenโt connected to the authors relays)
Broadcast your first note, no more engagement will happen itโs buried at the bottom of the timeline.
Repost your first note, now itโs on new relays and at the top of everyoneโs feed. The definition of boost means lift from below, amplify.
Literally an entire week has gone by with people calling for a boostathon and boostr with people reposting notes calling them boosts?
so lemme just tell you a personal experience and see if it makes any sense to you n maybe you can try it out sometime, a couple months back i used a client I donโt use anymore it was the one made by rabble I think, there was a feature that allowed you to create a note to only 1 relay of your choosing, i tried it out n the note was on that 1 relay for maybe 1 minute until someone on that relay decided lemme fuck with Sleepyโs test note n broadcast it, it wasnโt on 1 relay anymore which wasnโt visible to the rest of the network, now it was fully visible to most n engagement started flooding in as replies said test failed we can see the note, if thatโs not amplifying idk what is. Either way Iโm not technical enough to continue down this conversation ๐คฃ Iโd love to hear from more technical people who know the process in which it works n allow them to figure out the correct terminology for it and Iโll happily listen to their points n change my mind if it makes sense to me.
note - the original post
reply - A note reply to the original note, with content after the note id referenced. Can be threaded as it references all prior notes
quote-note - A note you create that reference's another note, and adds personal context before the note id. Starts a new note thread
boost - When you see someone else's note, and you create a new note that includes the note id, and no new content
renote - A self boost of your own note, without new content
broadcast - When you see someone else's note, and you send it to the relays you can write to, without creating a new note
Vic has spoken.
that form of boost Iโve never done myself or seen
so dis must be why I donโt understand what you guys mean
cause the term boost I know of isnโt anything new from a week ago or any of that lol this is something I heard multiple times on my first week here a year ago
Agree except 'renote' should be 'self-boost' or something that connects it to boosting rather than connecting it to noting.
So why donโt we merge the two buttons into one?
that button usually means repost or quote. much confuse.
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i'll never use "boost" as a term
I would like to discuss who is working on this decentralized pool to send some sats to devs
I forgot quoting. You can also quote a note. Which sounds weird because it rhymes.
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Post-note verb-noun ambiguity will be our Waterloo. Noted.
I thought boost=repost.
(i thought so too at first but "repost" has a long history and meaning)
I think, boosting should be much less of a thing.
Currently, the default timeline in noStrudel shows only new posts, boosts and replies but maybe it should also or even instead show zapped posts? So instead of boosting good content people would have more of a reason to zap it. Sure, if we overdo this incentive, zaps will get abused to self-zap for visibility but I would argue that posts that got a lot of zaps from my follows are more relevant than those that got boosted.
Who do you think that?
Bumping something to the top again is incredibly useful and has always been (forums, etc).
You already changed my mind nostr:npub1lrnvvs6z78s9yjqxxr38uyqkmn34lsaxznnqgd877j4z2qej3j5s09qnw5
Absolutely, bumping is incredibly useful and maybe even more in nostr than in Twitter where you can only boost once. My argument was simply about clients treating other things like boosts. Currently, zapping is possible and nice but no client treats it like a boost but they could. Like Twitter uses likes as a reason to feed you stuff, zapps should be a much better reason to feed stuff to users than likes.
Iโve tried to used โrepostโ button as my open bookmarks collection for things I want to show others IRL someday.
I use โlikeโ button when I want the poster to know someone out there read it and thought about it. Not worth much, I agree, but still an acknowledgment that I stopped to read it.
โZapsโ are the next step in the evolution of engaging with digital content because itโs a โlikeโ plus an itty bit of cheddar letting the poster know Iโm picking up what youโre putting down.
Whatโs the difference between boost and repost ? I know quote is reposting as my own note with a comment. But Iโm not sure I get the difference between the first two.
My terminology would be :
You compose and send a note to the relays, that's how you note.
If you send an existing note to the relays, that's how you renote.
Noting, renoting, zapping and fetching others notes is how you Nostr.
Quoting is included in noting by this definition yet remains its own thing
As for boosting I would assume it's about the likes and the other reactions though many use it for renotes
who cares about the terminology, just fucking send the note and vibe
yes we all should stop talking anyway
and writing and reading too who needs words it's so stupid lmao frfr no cap
What do you think about people reposting their own notes?
To each there own. Clients will offer more and better filters for users who donโt wanna see โself boostedโโฆ otherwise โฆ itโs currently the the best way to keep important notes in your audienceโs โcurrentโ timeline โฆ
don't mind it all and I borderline think you're obliged to if it's a banger
๐คฃ notes transmitted via relays amirite 
You post a note. You drive a car. You didn't "car" to work yesterday.
๐คฃ I understand but where does it say we have to abide by this on the nostr roadmap ? renote gives us a sense of individuality amongst all previous posting platforms.. example on twitter you post a tweet and call it a retweet (branding), or the more technical term โrepostโ but does that mean itโs the most widely used term ? Nah.. bc when the branding is good, it sticks ๐ซก
wow very original and I don't hate it at all
to much truth for me ๐ตโ๐ซ
On Truth Social, the users are called ReTards.
๐๐๐ Truth ยฒ
NOH 
Iโm gonna re-note this ๐
๐How many people know that is Robert Redford nodding?
Honestly now. I bet very low%.
I first learned this on knowyourmeme ๐คฃ I spend hours on there https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/jeremiah-johnson-nod-of-approval
A true pro knows his memes.
Like the mafia โwe canโt kill anyone we donโt know firstโ
Professionalism matters.
I honestly hope I get to teach memeology 101 or memecraft which ever you like more ๐คฃ at a uni one day ๐ซก
Mr. Sleepy tell us your favorite meme?
Of all time ? Hard one but probably Dat Boi ๐คฃ๐คฃ brings back so many memories, n yours ?
oh shit waddup
https://video.nostr.build/c3527f517b0214d25649ae9e6cf75ac80cc384cf56eedc82fbd0190b4822714f.mp4
that was interesting.
Anyone remember this ๐คฃ https://youtube.com/watch?v=zdU635esPpQ&si=KVbSaIOQZP7S4hMj
Maybe try this one? ๐คท๐ป https://youtube.com/watch?v=b4V9SBT6Nmk&si=e_Y_6sWiXLf4ksRm
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My goodness this brings back so much nostalgia ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Oh shit whaddup
I love studying meme history on there. I'm fascinated by the Wojak mythology.
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Any noun can be verbed.
Quoting this note.. Adding a #meme
..am I doing it right?
Iโm pretty sure itโs called, โrecycleโ note.
Who is going to make boostcasting a feature? Btw, I don't know what that would be.
Note / Renote / โฟ Note / Renote & Note
You post a note. You re-note the note if it's good. You send a โฟ note if it deserves it. You renote and note to create a new note with the old note.
It's not that hard.
Nost / Boost / Zap / ReNost
this is Nostr not Postr
#YESTR
thatโs the way we do it? ๐
boost = repost, reply, reaction, any type of action that triggers the post to appear on someone else's feed.
Duly noted.
I'm thinking lately that specific to nostr we have 'relay' we can use it to replace 'repost' or 'boost'... I'm relaying this note to you wdyt?
Relay > repost ๐ค๐
We can replace 'repost' or 'boost' with 'relay'... I'm relaying this note. It is nostr related and it is exactly what you are doing. What do you think?
It all works on a truthless system!
"truthless" lol... yes, big tech has the monopoly on THE TROOOOF lol seriously where the fuck is this truth shit coming from anyway, it seems really fucking suspicious to me how i keep reading in dev documentation "source of troof" bull fuckin shit
come on, there is no source of truth, the truth is out there
