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?
Age of the account can do the same for reputation
Yes and no, when you get into something where the forum is used for advice and collaborating, seeing that others typically have a positive experience with someone can be helpful. Like I said, it’s limited. Karma is kinda stupid.