StupidDog wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 5:45 pm
500+ downloads and less than 10 rep? I think you deserve a big thumbs up as so few people are taking the time to. Thanks buddy.
I think many people just don't engage with the rep system, like they don't even consider that it's there. It's not like Reddit, or Facebook, where it's pretty in your face. It's just tucked off in the top right corner, above the text you'll be reading as you scroll down. If it were, say, on the bottom of the post so that you're forced to see it after you've read the post and are scrolling down, it might be used more. On top of that, when you click on it, you also have to click on another button, and it prompts you to type something in. So most people instinctively just say it's too much of a bother, moving on.
It's kind of a design flaw. Hense why Reddit, and Facebook designed it that way. They want you to interact with the system, so they've designed it to be as easy as a single click of a button, and in your face as you're scrolling down.