Basically it moves content up. Having a few boosts has the same power as a ton of upvotes. Works in comments too.
It's used as a way to move quality content and posts into people's views. I don't know if it affects visibility on Lemmy though.
Leave reddit cause you can't use your preferred app anymore. Come to Lemmy, and get beat over the head for your choice of preferred app.
Got it queued up to download when it's ready. Boost and Sync were my two reddit apps of choice. I often used boost when sync wouldn't work on a device I was using.
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