A few people in the other thread assumed that it was required to fork the code to disable those filters. That’s not the case, the filters can be configured, and are off by default.
To hide the reputation system, here’s a line of CSS that admins can add in the admin area to hide it for every user
That CSS line can also be used by any user wanting to hide the score at the user level.
If you get reported or post a hot take, admins can look at your karma to see if your takes are usually hot, and at how often you tend to upvote vs downvote. They don’t have to do anything with that information, it’s just to help them tell if a user is controversial