On an article I see:

boosts (x) | reduces (x) | favourites (x)

What does “reduces” mean, what effect does it have, and how does a user reduce a post?

I see the link to boost a post, and I see “more” but this doesn’t contain a “reduce” link.

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    1 year ago

    “reduce” is probably just a bit of a language mishap from a non-native speaker.

    It means “downvote” (the arrow down).
    The arrow up is “favourite” (essentially, upvote).
    These two control the popularity of the post in the Threads feed (and I think both of them count towards “active”)

    “Boost” is equivalent to Twitters “re-tweet” function - it’s a Microblog-thing. I can, for example, see this post from my Mastodon account and I could “boost” it to my followers there.