Reputation loads like a big download and deletes in one tap.

Trust builds through hundreds of small unremarkable confirmations, none of them memorable on its own. One sharp incident can override the whole pile, because people weigh vivid events far more heavily than steady ones. That asymmetry is unfair, and it is also simply how it works. Knowing it makes the careless moments feel appropriately expensive.

Take extra care in the situations where a single act would be visible: money, someone else’s trust, anything in writing. Slow down specifically there. The rest of the time, keep the small deposits going.