Ernest just posted some comments clarifying recent changes to Votes, Boosts, Favorites, and Reputation Points:

  • Upvotes & Downvotes function akin to Reddit
  • Boosts count as two Upvotes (link)
  • Favorites are added to https://kbin.social/fav if you Upvote (link)
  • Reputation Points have been updated

In addition to that, Ernest stated that “there is no connection between reputation points and sorting algorithms. It’s just info in the profile” (link)

  • manillaface@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I almost wish reputation and things of that nature weren’t publicly visible. A huge part of Reddit that I hated, the circlejerk-y opinions and same tired lame jokes being told over and over again, were caused in large part by people seeking karma (and that’s not even addressing the actual posts, just the stuff in the comments). I would hate to see that eventually start to come back.

    There’s obviously some downside to that and it probably warrants a more nuanced solution if anything.

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      1 year ago

      If it does have to return, I’d like it to wipe regularly. Every 3 months or 6 months everyone goes back to zero. Give EVERYONE the same “badge” that just says “so and so was here in year X” or whatever and leave it at that.

      Or go back to what forums did and only count post count and word count and turn those into EXP.