this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2025
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Nope. Post and comment scores are just that - scores. They have zero impact on your account or you standing on your instance. Whether you care about them or not is entirely up to you.
There are exceptions, I think Piefed (see !piefed_meta@piefed.social ) calculates and uses it in a couple ways.
And some communities like !pleasantpolitics@slrpnk.net autoban people with low karma scores I think. Using !santabot@slrpnk.net.
Thanks for the heads up on which instances to avoid!!
I dont mind piefeds version since its only negative for ppl getting primarily downvotes, there isnt a boost for high upvotes