Fun fact: the Lemmy backend does track Karma. As an instance admin I can pull it up from the database and rest assured I AM judging you.
Rearward/punishment systems are corrupt. Good on lemmy for not playing into that bullshit
The worst was when the cryptocurrency subreddit started literally paying everyone for their karma. Over the course of a couple years, the useful criticism of bad ideas dried up, and so the people promoting bad ideas for profit took over.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’
— Isaac Asimov
I left kbin because they have reputation (karma) and peop3were already overly concerned about their rep score there. Bare 3 weeks and they’re rep whoring over there.
Some clients will count things up for you, it’s a way to keep people interested. Ultimately I agree that karma systems encourage people to take things to an extreme and defeat the purpose of interacting in a community. It’s like gambling.
Beans, beans, they’re good for your heart. The more you eat the more you fart. The more you fart the better you feel, so let’s eat beans with every meal!
should make the arrows into beans for a couple days
Black beans are the superior bean.
Fight me fediverse
