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I donβt really care about karma or reputation points. However, I really enjoy having a community where you can upvote and downvote.
Upvoting and downvoting is fine, because it's different than having a profile-wide "score", which provides an incentive that transcends making quality posts, and instead encourages shit like reposts in order to farm points. It also perpetuates a fear of making "hot takes" and other crap because you might lose your precious points. It leads to echo chambering.