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By choice. The main developers don't like that kind of gamification, bragging, karma farming and the negative aspects that come with such things.
But it has other negative side effects if we scaled Lemmy up in scale.
For example, it doesn't matter if you downvote me if I called you a big stinky poo poo face. Because without a larger pool of karma to detract from, it doesn't matter HOW unpopular any singular post is.
......you big stinky poo poo face!
I think that’s how it should be. We all say stupid things sometimes (or smart but unpopular things). Plus, if someone had a bad few months, it shouldn’t haunt them forever.
Keep Lemmy karma-free!
Because without a larger pool of karma to detract from, it doesn't matter HOW unpopular any singular post is.
Voting is there to sort posts and comments, not to rate a user. Having a larger pool of karma serves no purpose.
The purpose is to rate the users. If you regularly contribute good quality content, you'll have a high score.
If you regularly engage in trolling, and harassment, and other shady activity, you get a negative score.
Individual communities can set up guidelines, that if you have a new account under 6 months, and you have a negative overall karma, you're banned from that community until a human can look through your post history to see if you should be unbanned.
The purpose is to rate the users.
Individual communities can set up guidelines, that if you have a new account under 6 months, and you have a negative overall karma,
you’re banned from that community until a human can look through your post history to see if you should be unbanned.you'll have to repost previously highly upvoted content to pump up your karma numbers, until you have a positive overall karma.FTFY, I'd really prefer to leave that mistake of karma at Reddit instead of polluting Lemmy with it.
Lemmy karma-less method also drastically reduces the value of bot accounts to farm karma (for nefarious or advertising use before being banned).
Nah. Reddit showed that karma systems are useless as they are too easy to manipulate. Buy/hijack a bunch of old accounts and suddenly, your scams or crazy propaganda are given artificial authenticity. Or, just use repost bots to farm karma. Really, it was a nice idea but failed when subject to bad actors.
Really, it was a nice idea but failed when subject to bad actors.
God, if that isn't just the story of our fuckin' lives...
…you big stinky poo poo face!
Well then damn it all; what more evidence do you need?!
The poo-pooing alone is a court-martial offence!
Personally, if I was unhappy with your posts, I'd just shrug and then block you. Case closed :)
Uı mın Reddit hæz ė mækſ impækt ðæt enı ƿu̇n poſt oṙ kȯment kæn hæv. Ȯbſtenſiblı æz æn æntı-brigeıdıŋ mejṙ b Uı'm luık 90% cṙ it ƿėz bikȯz v ð "Pride and Accomplishment" poſt frėm EA.
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I mean Reddit has a mac impact that any one post or comment can have. Obstensibly as an anti-brigading measure, but I'm like 90% sure it was because of the "Pride and Accomplishment" post from EA.