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?
You’re a really pleasant person, and I’m also rethinking, it’s such a mixed bag of a concept as to what’s “better”. Maybe what really matters is the overall oversight of the instance hosts and style of administration for these micro-communities. I really do appreciate the tone of discussion here and have to check myself as people here don’t need to wear the “battle gloves” as it were.
Thank you. I do try to be pleasant in online spaces. I find it helps me stand out sometimes.
And yes, actually, I’ve come to your same conclusion. I cannot deny that there are some legitimate criticisms of the karma system, and while I personally think that people are exaggerating the negatives, and blaming some human-nature style flaws on karma specifically when they’d happen anyway without it, I am no longer certain on which option is healthier in the long-run. I agree that leaving it up to the smaller communities is probably ideal.