What is the possible reason why upvotes in Kbin do not add up to the overall Reputation, but downvotes do?

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@thingsiplay It’s a known bug. The primary kbin developer Ernest has said that this fix is currently implemented in the kbin development environment. This means it should be rolled out to production (ie the live site) soon. See: https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/116811/PSA-every-interaction-you-make-with-various-posts-on-kbin#entry-comment-462816

Edit: And it’s fixed.

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gotta say, completely unrelatedly, that your avatar is amazing

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@mohKohn It is very cool, isn’t it? Found it somewhere on the internet many, many years ago and trot it out every so often. There are some talented avatar creators out there.

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Hey, it’s not finished completely yet (the timeline table), but I decided to do a quick fix. It’s quite annoying ;)

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Hey, thanks! That’s terrific. You’re doing a great job.

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@ernest Thank you! Sorry I deleted my reply you was answering to, because I thought my question was useless. I didn’t want confuse anyone here. It’s just good to know this is worked on and not something by design.

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Thanks @ernest! I noticed I suddenly had more reputation on my profile. Came seeking answers. lol.

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You fixed it and I hate it.

Yes I do have 990 rep now, but I hate karma whoring.
For the future please consider something like a relative score, maybe +4 to -1?

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I want a refund!

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What a champ!

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It counts boosts but not favouroites (favourites in activitypub are treated as upvotes). A change will be coming at some point to fix this.

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@HidingCat This would be good. BTW I just clicked by accident my own replies boost and it counts as Reputation too. Is that a bug or unwanted feature? Can’t imagine this being a design choice.

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On Reddit, when you post or comment, that will automatically have 1 upvote. That is not done here so you should updoot yourself.

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That’s one area where Reddit made the right choice. You shouldn’t be able to updoot yourself, but if you can, you definitely shouldn’t have to manually updoot yourself. It should either be automatic, or not possible. Voting up one’s own posts feels dirty, but if you risk your post not being seen by not doing it, you kind of have to. It’s a weird mechanic.

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Yea on reddit the automatic upvote that you get when you post or comment dosen’t count for anything. its just an upvote that just shows there!

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@1chemistdown In this reply, I didn’t meant the upvote, but the boost (which is basically the share option). But the boost will add to Reputation. And I can boost myself.

So in short in Kbin currently:

  • upvote does not count as Reputation,
  • downvote count as Repuation,
  • and boost (share) count as Repuation.

It is easier in mass to upvote or downvote without spamming the system. Boost option won’t be used as much. So the ratio for self regulation is lost.

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Karma is just virtual, don’t bother unless it has a functional purpose.

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they do now mfer

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I just counted all my upvotes and it matches my rep now.

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they do now

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