Hey! Thanks to the whole Reddit mess, I’ve discovered the fediverse and its increidible wonders and I’m lovin’ it :D
I’ve seen another post about karma, and after reading the comments, I can see there is a strong opinion against it (which I do share). I’d love to hear your opinions, what other method/s would you guys implement? If any ofc
I agree that it might get toxic at one point, but I’d much rather see extra preventive measures to stop repost bots, karma farming and so on rather than removing points altogether. Maybe it also helps to see karma breakdown by community: say you see someone answering a technical question on a specialised community - it would be of little to no relevance there that they might have 10000 points on r/funny or r/aww - I’d much rather see their points on that specific community.
Why not keep the scores hidden and just use them to order stuff?
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(1) No Karma system at all
(2) Karma spread over several numbers rather that one; think of Github’s user page for example, stats for everything in general on one’s profile to reflect general activity
(3) Community award badges
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The problem isn’t the points, it’s the people. Everything starts to suck beyond some critical mass.
