Why doesn't Lemmy have a system like Reddit's Karma?rez@lemmy.ml to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 49 points – 1 weeks ago47Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsWhy should it? We can see all the negatives every day with reddit. What positive does a Karma system bring to the platform and discussions?Because when you see somebody with -1000 karma, it's a pretty good indicator that you shouldn't waste your time engaging with them.You can take a look at their post history and that will typically tell a lot more than a number next to their nameThere were plenty of users with high karma that weren't worth engaging with too. It only helped with lbvious jerks that you could probably tell were terrible just by reading their post.Usually you can get the same info just from looking at their last couple comments. Trolls don't usually very much.3 more...
Why should it? We can see all the negatives every day with reddit. What positive does a Karma system bring to the platform and discussions?Because when you see somebody with -1000 karma, it's a pretty good indicator that you shouldn't waste your time engaging with them.You can take a look at their post history and that will typically tell a lot more than a number next to their nameThere were plenty of users with high karma that weren't worth engaging with too. It only helped with lbvious jerks that you could probably tell were terrible just by reading their post.Usually you can get the same info just from looking at their last couple comments. Trolls don't usually very much.3 more...
Because when you see somebody with -1000 karma, it's a pretty good indicator that you shouldn't waste your time engaging with them.You can take a look at their post history and that will typically tell a lot more than a number next to their nameThere were plenty of users with high karma that weren't worth engaging with too. It only helped with lbvious jerks that you could probably tell were terrible just by reading their post.Usually you can get the same info just from looking at their last couple comments. Trolls don't usually very much.
You can take a look at their post history and that will typically tell a lot more than a number next to their name
There were plenty of users with high karma that weren't worth engaging with too. It only helped with lbvious jerks that you could probably tell were terrible just by reading their post.
Usually you can get the same info just from looking at their last couple comments. Trolls don't usually very much.
Why should it?
We can see all the negatives every day with reddit.
What positive does a Karma system bring to the platform and discussions?
Because when you see somebody with -1000 karma, it's a pretty good indicator that you shouldn't waste your time engaging with them.
You can take a look at their post history and that will typically tell a lot more than a number next to their name
There were plenty of users with high karma that weren't worth engaging with too.
It only helped with lbvious jerks that you could probably tell were terrible just by reading their post.
Usually you can get the same info just from looking at their last couple comments. Trolls don't usually very much.