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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

i can't stand megathreads -- no one reads these! no one wants their posts banished there!

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[-] Skyrkazm@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

This. It's why I hope we don't have any sort of Karma system on Lemmy.

[-] throbbing_banjo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

There's just no need for it. I like the ability to upvote/downvote posts for visibility, but a karma or point system just encourages whoring, which leads to a dirth of lazy and low quality content

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

On that note, Lemmy should hide the score and just sort based on it. Having a visible score drives people to say things they think are popular instead of what they actually think.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Up/Down vote systems also suck, and are inherently problematic, and encourage unhealthy behaviors. I say get rid of them.

[-] Skyrkazm@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The one benefit of Lemmy is that you can see the total upvotes and down votes. So if a comment has 5k up votes, you'll also see that it has 4k down votes.

Rather than 1k up votes like on reddit. This makes it far easier to see if bullshit is being spewed rather than just bot spammed up votes as often. It makes bots less effective imo. But what do I know, I'm no social media developer lmao

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

the upvote/downvote system is still problematic, because its roots are in exploiting addiction mechanisms via giving people that dopamine rush when they get high upvotes, and making them chase that high again.

I really miss the pre-social media days when we had forums instead of...whatever reddit/lemmy are, when there was no upvotes, no karma, no nothing. You just made a post, and people replied to it. interaction without gamification.

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