• Serge Tarkovski@lemmy.ml
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    4 years ago

    This explains why people use karma and maybe why Lemmy doesn’t have it visible. But actually I’m asking why karma is available via API, and why it’s a sum of user’s own votes instead of votes made against the user’s content?

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      4 years ago

      Not sure why we still have it available in the API, might be useful for some thing we haven’t thought of yet.

      why it’s a sum of user’s own votes instead of votes made against the user’s content?

      Oh, it is the second one, the sum of votes against the user’s content.

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        4 years ago

        Got it. I’m too have no clear vision whether it can be of use. At least as FYI and maybe shown for admins/moderators only to keep in mind whether someone is a potential troll. I’m against China-like reputation systems.

        Actually, I’ve got a question: any plans/ideas or already implemented stuff in Lemmy to prevent massive (and maybe even automated) trolls/bots accounts registration and further spamming?