# Testing Boosts on Meta

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/testing-boosts-on-meta/399835
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [April 3, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/testing-boosts-on-meta/399835 "2026-04-03T09:09:47Z")
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### Author: ![lindsey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lindsey/32/318210_2.png) [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/testing-boosts-on-meta/399835/1 "2026-04-03T09:09:47Z")

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ℹ Boosts are now disabled on Meta, see [Testing Boosts on Meta - #85 by martin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/testing-boosts-on-meta/399835/85)

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We’re testing out a new feature on Meta — boosts! Boosts offer another way for members to react to each other’s posts, that fall somewhere between a simple reaction (❤, 😆 , etc.) and a full-blown reply.

### How do I boost?

The boost button as a rocket icon, which you can select or hover over to add to a post. You can add one boost per post, and each boost allows up to 16 characters (including text and emoji).

 ![Boost icon](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/5/0/05037f8338aa2f2f249ec2c6d0d35bb71f0a18b0.png)

### How do notifications work?

Like reactions, boosts notifications are consolidated by default so you won’t get peppered with too many notifications.

 ![Boosts notifications](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/e/c/6ec020a39a2c125ad77e0426154a45a059703a4d.png)

You can adjust this in your notification preferences.

 ![Boosts notification preferences](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/6/3/9637b8b5df46372c8e0eca0e9c425882de1c7e77.png)

### What do you think?

Give boosts a try here on Meta and let us know what you think! Do you think boosts would be helpful in our community?

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