phoenixdigita1

Initially I thought you were saying they subscribed to a single magazine from the same instance three times and was thinking “Is that even possible?”.

Then I had a closer look and realised they were 3x different magazines on different instances but all with the same name.

Makes sense that it would appear 3x times.

if there’s bot problem

When there is a bot problem

I’m fine with keeping them soley as an indicator that I’m contibuting in a positive way to the community.

I also use it to decide on how much effort I’ll put into discussions with other users. If a user I’m talking with has a consistently low or negative reputation then they are more likely a troll or combatative person who is really not worth wasting your time in engaging with in detail.

I’d like to point out that the upvote/downvote buttons here on kbin don’t behave like you are used to on reddit they are a little different.

• Up arrow = Upvote on Reddit and Favourite on Kbin - This is very different to reddit
• Down Arrow = Downvote on Reddit and Reduce on Kbin
• Boost (at bottom) = On kbin this is the equivalent to a reddit upvote.

It kinda confused me when I looked at my profile the other day and my reputation was -2

I’d only made one single post and it had 17 “upvotes” and 2 “downvotes” so the -2 confused me a bit. That’s when I realised the uparrow was not an upvote and didn’t contribute to reputation. I suspect many others don’t understand this either based on the interractions with my other post.

Edit: To be clear while “fake internet points” are not overly important to me. “Reputation” or similar do give me an indication if I am contributing to a community in a positive and productive manner.

Seeing -2 made me think “Who have I pissed off?” Till I realised that “Favourites” don’t contribute to reputation.