Hey! Thanks to the whole Reddit mess, I’ve discovered the fediverse and its increidible wonders and I’m lovin’ it :D

I’ve seen another post about karma, and after reading the comments, I can see there is a strong opinion against it (which I do share). I’d love to hear your opinions, what other method/s would you guys implement? If any ofc

  • CynAq@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    We want to discuss topics. This is a place to do that.

    Simple need, simple solution.

    You don’t need an extra incentive to make people talk about things if people talking about things is the thing you want. You don’t want to incentivize people who don’t want to talk about things to be active somewhere you want people to talk about things because then those people will start doing the thing your’e incentivizing them for instead of talk about things.

    I personally only want people who want to talk about things here, and don’t want people who don’t want to talk about things.

      • Deceptichum@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Basically they only want autistic levels of Internet “debate” and don’t want people having low effort fun.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly this. You want to incentivize discussion, not the dopamine rush casino/arcade that just leads to low effort, low quality posts. If people want to be here for discussion, then they will either lurk and consume, or participate earnestly. Don’t put systems in place that reward the opposite.