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?
Absolutely. Even when our rational brain jokes about “worthless internet points”, our monkey minds see “big number mean me good”. I’m man enough to admit it, having a well liked comment feels good. But it’s not good for me.