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I would prefer a platform without karma or reputation. The way reputation works on Kbin isn't great anyway. Downvotes lower it but upvotes don't raise it. My rep is low because most people don't boost.
A karma/rep system can disincentivize participation as well. I don't think it's necessary to keep trolls at bay.
That's because it has a bug. They changed upvotes from boost -> like to be compatible with Lemmy. The reputation calculation hasn't been updated yet. It probably will be soon. Might even have a PR already.
There's a bug filed but no PR because a decision hasn't been made on how to deal with it.
After reading your comment I realized I didn't know there was a reputation mechanic and what boost even does. Is there a faq somewhere for this type of thing?
I think boost is like a retweet? I'll look around to see if anyone ever explained it all.
From reading an earlier thread, I believe the boost feature makes more sense when you think about federating with Mastadon which has a reblog thing going on. So you’d get a boost to your rep if someone shared your content on mastodon.
Additionally, Kbin is planning to change the rep system to be based on up and down votes instead—it just isn’t a priority right now. Something something check the GitHub for details.
I just boosted your comment by clicking boost. No idea what it does but you have a shiny (1) next to boost now.
I upvoted and boosted you arbitrarily because everything is fake anyway!