it is visible from the api for example and if i remeber correctly from other fediverse projects.
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I didn’t realise karma was even a thing here
IIRC it’s an intentional decision
It’s not visible here because it leads to people hive minding and being afraid to get down voted for saying the Wrong Opinion™️
Also because karma farmers on Reddit kinda suck
Seeing the same old predictable jokes and pun threads as top comments with thousands of upvotes in serious posts was one of my least favourite things about Reddit.
Any post related to WWII - Top comment “I did Nazi that coming!” 5000 upvotes
The circle jerk was truly shit.
God as my witness, I used to be amused by the front fell off video. Now it’s so cliche I’d skip a thread where it might come up. I deleted my reddit account a week ago and although changen is hard I don’t miss the burnt humor that passed as culture.
But my Internet points!
It was taken out of the API about a year ago if I recall correctly.
It’s a good thing because people tried to use it for moderation decisions like Reddit, but it’s even more of a useless riggable metric on Lemmy.
So the community decided we’re better off without it.
Agreed. A karma total is a negative part of Reddit, and caused people to seek bigger number even harder than they already do.
I believe it’s per server/what software they run. You can migrate to one that has that feature.
Nobody reads the community rules or pinned posts :(
- Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
I think this stands. This isn’t asking for support or usage but the philosophy of not making karma visible. This community may not be all about lemmy but I’d argue it fits
why do we need the karma?
I don’t think we do personally. I don’t love the gamification of social media and disagree with karma as a system of trust. I think visible karma is detrimental and has made upvoting more “I like this post and this person” rather than “I think more people should see this”
that’s how karma ends up getting used no matter what you do; as exemplified by reddit and despite all efforts taken to prevent it by its professional staff of developers.
lemmy is run by volunteers who mostly have day jobs & other life hurdles and if people who are paid to dedicate their entire time were & are not able to mitigate karma abuse like it is on reddit; what hope is there for lemmy to succeed where they failed?
