Just like Reddit, PieFed keeps track of how many upvotes and downvotes your posts receive and the net value of all the votes received is called your “reputation” (Reddit calls it “karma”). This is not shown in the UI anywhere (except to administrators), to dissuade the karma-farming behavior common on Reddit. Reputation is not a game or status symbol, it is a mechanic for enhancing trust and safety on PieFed.
Some people have criticized PieFed for this, calling it a “social credit system” similar to the one in China so I thought it’d be good to explain exactly what it does so people don’t need to guess or rely on hearsay.
I should keep track of these blogs more. My opinion is a bit limited because I don’t care for public voting and don’t peruse by top or hot. I was peripherally aware of the vote limit thing from peoples posts in communities but then comically did not connect it to issues I had with voting which I only did to clear my feed. Once I realized I asked you if a neutral option could be made and you graciously got that going like way faster than I expected. Thank you again. So any issue I had with it is gone now. Again I just don’t get why people want to see things based on what other people feel are important things. Granted much of that is due to the limited size of the fediverse as it is now. If this became the size of reddit then I would likely have to rely on public voting although I would prefer the rank everything as a user approach.