As a somewhat frequent poster myself, I kind of miss the meaningless number going up. It lets me track how many people have seen the stuff I posted and cared enough to react
There is an option in your settings so you don’t see upvotes or downvotes on individual comments.
None of these imaginary points matter.
(Lemmy is rad)
Noooo
In a number-go-up kind of sense, yeah - it’s inherently gamification of social media and it is fun for some of our brains. However, I also think that karma or any other kind of “engagement accumulation” turns social media from a place of discussion into a competition for attention, where you’re more incentivized to post solely for upvotes. Only a small minority takes posting seriously like this I admit it, but it does make the experience worse for everyone.
That’s not to say the mindset doesn’t exist without karma, only that it gets amplified.
Kind of, and it was a good way to keep trolls and spammers out of sensitive communities, but unfortunately with bots and astroturfing existing nowadays, karma incentives terrible behavior.
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No, and I wish votes didn’t even exist here.
Votes are the only reason making a social platform social.
Juat look at Youtube comments, Instagram, Facebook, etc. None have downvotes.
Its somehow more social to see opinions on votes besides text.
I think voting is completely unnecessary, and is a sort of “participation placebo” for the lazy but opinionated.
