this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2021
11 points (92.3% liked)

Lemmy

12715 readers
75 users here now

Everything about Lemmy; bugs, gripes, praises, and advocacy.

For discussion about the lemmy.ml instance, go to [email protected].

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
11
Why there is no karma thing on Lemmy like at reddit ? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 years ago (1 children)

It's just good that there is no karma on user profiles. There will be no hierarchy between users based on karma and no circlejerking around it. Like "hehehe see how you have so small amount of karma" and something else. Karma scores on posts should only matter.

[–] kinetix 5 points 4 years ago (2 children)

There's a comment further below that's actually pretty scary when people believe/live this sort of thing:

On Reddit Karma is typically used to show legitimacy and maturity. If you have 20k Karma from having 20k more upvotes than downvotes, your comment is probably worth giving a read.

That's great - isn't that exactly the 'social score' implemented in China? Yikes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 years ago

I could imagine a situation where someone makes low-effort memes, reposts or something that fits Reddit's monoculture, gaining that 20k positive karma. That person may not comment much and the comments may be low-effort. Where's the maturity and legitimacy here?

That’s great - isn’t that exactly the ‘social score’ implemented in China? Yikes.

Reddit's biggest investors are Chinese so this is just fitting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago (1 children)

Sure, it's a bit like the Chinese social score. But it's a private company site, not a government score. Huge difference.

[–] kinetix 6 points 4 years ago (1 children)

The construct on Reddit is obviously contained within Reddit, but it's plenty harmful within that environment, when and if people decide whether or not they'll interact with someone else based on their 'score'.