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?

  • nuttydepressor@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    We do have a reputation system, but it is being changed. Personally, I think a points system for posts will bring us right back to what Reddit was.

    You should post for the sake of engaging with the community you are posting to, but many accounts were repost bots because of the karma system.

    • DrPop@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Precisely also great name. I never really cared about total karma on Reddit but having a popular comment on the other hand that is always a good feeling.