I think it was always the same psychology of making a number go up makes people get dopamine or something. Otherwise, it was a system to try and filter out bots used for astroturfing that I felt didn't really do a good job. There were always plenty of karma farming bots that would literally just copy and paste a different comment to create a fake post history.
I guess I do get a bit of a dopamine hit when someone likes an individual post of mine, but beyond that, like an overall "what do people think of me in terms of how many posts I get upvoted?" Couldn't care less. But sure, someone telling me they liked what I said enough to make a tiny bit of effort to tell me that, that's nice.
I think it was always the same psychology of making a number go up makes people get dopamine or something. Otherwise, it was a system to try and filter out bots used for astroturfing that I felt didn't really do a good job. There were always plenty of karma farming bots that would literally just copy and paste a different comment to create a fake post history.
I guess I do get a bit of a dopamine hit when someone likes an individual post of mine, but beyond that, like an overall "what do people think of me in terms of how many posts I get upvoted?" Couldn't care less. But sure, someone telling me they liked what I said enough to make a tiny bit of effort to tell me that, that's nice.