# 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: ![jordan.vidrine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jordan.vidrine/32/515563_2.png) [@jordan.vidrine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan.vidrine)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/testing-boosts-on-meta/399835/79 "2026-04-13T18:18:22Z")

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Im not sure how we got to

> [@hellekin](#):
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> Bombs and corruption dominate the news.

But I feel pretty positive that that talking about bombs, water pollution, and erosion is neither a fun nor beneficial way to discuss a software feature on a forum centered around the software.

I personally find the boost feature fun. I’m happy we aren’t forcing this on anyone, and hopefully (eventually) we will give more options to communities to let their users express/boost/react in ways that work best for them.

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