Because currently, it seems like the only thing it’s recording are downvotes. Meanwhile upvotes are completely ignored, leading to pretty much every profile I see having a negative reputation.
Also, I have a very fragile ego and my -6 reputation hurts a bit.
Why do you care so much for an ethereal reputation system that has no meaningful consequences to you in actual reality?
It’s almost as if I just described why, in the post you’re replying to…