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.

and this is the reason I like having reputation points advertised. So you can spot an obvious troll and/or someone who isn’t capable of having a meaningful discussion. It really helps to decide how much effort you put in when conversing with a poster.

I’ve noticed on Lemmy they don’t have reputation points visible on profiles because they see them as a vanity/populatiry metric. Reputation can be used for far more than just “fake internet points” they can be a great indicator of trolls.

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.