Sorry you got jumped on as a new user a bit.
The karma system on reddit encourages posting and reposting stuff that everyone has seen before to get fake internet points, and maybe what you win is a “more powerful account” for the algorithm instead of everyone getting a more or less equal voice.
You can still get people to follow you and build a tribe if you want without that, and you are also free to start any community you like, so a few mods don’t end up controlling all the online real estate and steer the conversation unfairly.
Plus its simpler. Sometimes simple is good.
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 2 weeks ago
By choice. The main developers don't like that kind of gamification, karma farming and the negative aspects that come with such things.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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!
deranger@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Voting is there to sort posts and comments, not to rate a user. Having a larger pool of karma serves no purpose.
EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Well then damn it all; what more evidence do you need?!
The poo-pooing alone is a court-martial offence!
UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Personally, I’d just shrug and then block you. Case closed :)
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Uı mın Reddit hæz ė mækſ impækt ðæt enı ƿu̇n poſt oṙ kȯment kæn hæv.
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I mean Reddit has a mac impact that any one post or comment can have.