Basically, more upvotes (especially bigger upvotes) = more reputation, and if many people upvote, it should mean the person posts good content. In theory, reputation should matter for others to know if the person isn't a spammer/plagiarizer (spammers usually don't get significant votes, and also end up flagged when found out, which decreases their reputation). This is "in theory," though, because like I mentioned in the post, the reputation system has its problems, and the main one being that there are spammers who game the system and buy votes to make their reputation go up. I don't think they usually get to 50, though.
Speaking of 50, you're almost there too!
PS: I've enjoyed your posts. Were you ever featured in the Pay It Forward contest? If not, I'd like to feature you.
Wow. Thanks for such a detailed answer:)
Yes, I'm almost there. Just behind you😉
I've never heard of this contest. I will search for it.
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It's a contest where we have to make a post featuring two interesting steemians with reputation 55 or below. Here's the link to this week's contest:
https://steemit.com/payitforward/@pifc/week-27-pay-it-forward-curation-contest-323180a143e0cest
I was looking for a second steemian to feature this week and found you :D .
Thank you for considering me interesting 😊
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