Personally I think not having karma limits is nice currently! I understand why they were used but grinding karma as a lurker on reddit was frustrating.
Personally I think not having karma limits is nice currently! I understand why they were used but grinding karma as a lurker on reddit was frustrating.
No, I have to disagree. That would lead to echo chambers worse than even the worst of subs on Reddit.
I’ve read it as a way to counteract echo chambers.
Assuming votes influence what opinions people voice, minority opinions have a hard time. Which can lead to them being underrepresented, and the vicious circle towards echo chamber has started.
If the minority opinion poster can make themselves more comfortable, how would that (also) lead to echo chambers?
Is hiding dissenting views truly a way to make yourself more comfortable? Sure, maybe more comfortable in your beliefs, but no one should be entirely comfortable in their opinions. It gives a false sense of valediction, like the entire world believes in you, when in reality an argument could completely fall apart if challenged outside of that space.
Upvotes and downvotes don’t really matter in the end. You can always find groups of people who agree or disagree with you. However, hiding opposing views doesn’t make you or an opinion more valid. While it could counteract echo chambers, I personally don’t see how it wouldn’t make the problem worse.
In a very blunt sense: Yes. We all do that. Most people surround themselves with friends who like who you are, not with enemies who hate who you are.
It seems we both value pluralism, and see echo chambers as a bad thing. I haven’t understood yet how you meant hiding votes (not opinions) would lead to echo chambers. Could you explain that?
Or were you talking about hiding views, when I read the proposal as hiding votes?