Another Reddit refugee here,

I think we’re all familiar with the Karma system on Reddit. Do you think Lemmy should have something similar? Because I can see cases for and against it.

For: a way to tracking quality contributions by a user, quantifying reputation. Useful to keep new accounts from spamming communities.

Against: Often not a useful metric, can be botted or otherwise unearned (see u/spez), maybe we should have something else?

What do you all think?

  • piezzo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Well, karma itself isnt a bad idea in my opinion, but making it visible to others isnt. Making it hidden will stop the karmafarming.

    • bahcodad@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      What are the uses for karma if it isn’t visible?

      Personally I don’t think it should be in use here but interested to know your thoughts?