There are upvotes for posts and upvotes for comments but on lemmy you’re not reminded of an overall running karma total. The lack of this count makes me feel like there’s a lot less pressure for every post or comment to be an absolute banger, witty, smart or something along those lines.
On reddit I would lurk a lot because I was none of those things but I feel like I can engage more now.
What do you think? Do you think it’s a good thing, a bad thing or perhaps do you feel indifferent?
I get why Reddit felt like a total karma coubt was worth it, and why certain subreddits limited accounts with low karma…
But philosophically, and a being a bit optimistic, I prefer Lemmy not having it. Goes against the addiction of chasing likes, goes against karma farming, goes against prejudice against an account based on one context-less number.
To be honest you’re right, I do get why they would protect their communities from low karma accounts though I’ve seen things get downvote bombed for almost no reason too. I guess because people felt like it.
I really like the decouppling from points, favourites, likes, numbers in general, etc.