(July 6, 2023 at 9:39 am)arewethereyet Wrote: Nobody gives a flying shit about your upvotes on some other forum but you.
Well, having reputation (upvotes minus downvotes) on StackExchange has some benefits:
1. It simply feels good. It means the community trusts you.
2. Having a reputation of 2'000 or more (like I have on Latin Language StackExchange) basically gives you moderator-like capabilities. Not that I am using those capabilities.
3. You can start bounties on your questions which you think haven't received enough attention. You know, the questions you actually need answers to, and you don't care too much about what other people think about how good your question is. I have done that multiple times, most recently with my question about syntax highlighting in my PicoBlaze Simulator. Internet forums aren't just there for fun, you know.
But maybe you are right, maybe I shouldn't be too proud of my reputation on forums. Maybe the fact that I have a reputation of almost 3'000 on the Latin Language StackExchange doesn't actually suggest I am an expert in Latin.
