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?
Well, karma itself isnt a bad idea in my opinion, but making it visible to others isnt. Making it hidden will stop the karmafarming.
What are the uses for karma if it isn’t visible?
Personally I don’t think it should be in use here but interested to know your thoughts?
we could prevent spam and low effort posts if whe had rules like “x amount of karma to post” allthough its more of a burden for new users to post if its set too high and right now, there is no need for such a system. at that point i think its better to leave it as it is and introduce an improved karma like system in the future i guess.