So. Reddit has “karma” and “CQS” scores. Is there some similar metric on Lemme? Not that I ever really cared about those on reddit, I’m just curious.

  • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 days ago

    On the PieFed side (not sure if the same on Lemmy), you probably don’t want to accumulate a disproportionate amount of downvotes from others. That can result in little ‘hazard signs’ next to your ID in thread-views.

    • Sir. Haxalot@nord.pubEnglish
      1·
      21 hours ago

      The hasard signs is based on your reputation, which is basically the same as Reddit karma, i.e. the sub of (upvotes - downvotes). IIRC some optional instance settings also decrease reputation (posting to ”low-quality” communities).

      A negative reputation score will display those warnings, so someone who gets downvoted a lot. The actual reputation score may be hidden from normal users though.

      • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Note the other comments here addressing that issue.

        I see what you’re saying, but I think a big part of why the visible score doesn’t matter so much is because someone else has to deliberately look for it. Most people don’t seem to bother looking at other user’s profile cards.

          • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
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            2 days ago

            AFAIK it correlates to upvotes as well. They seem to ‘scrub’ the effects of the downvotes from the ratio.

            As someone who upvotes & downvotes freely, it’s never been a problem for me. At my ‘worst,’ I might have once temporarily dropped to the mid-80’s or so. Still, that’s just my experience. We all have our own concerns…