# 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: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/testing-boosts-on-meta/399835/63 "2026-04-06T11:56:19Z")

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Discourse doesn’t allow downvotes by design / philosophy. You can like but not don’t like.  
For this reason, reactions are treated as likes with the exception of “neutral” reactions admins can choose but I suppose most communities don’t or rarely use them.

Boosts allow negative comments and negative emojis which seems a bit antithetical to discourse’s philosophy.

If boosts are tied to reactions, it might make people less inclined to “negative boost” (especially if the text field doesn’t allow emoji…? 🤔 ).

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