I think people grossely overestimate what people did “for karma”.
Bots farm karma to seem like legitimate users and bypass min-karma rules.
Real users didn’t give a shit about the little karma number aside from the fact it told them their stuff got a lot of attention. It could have been a circle with a color gradient and people would have used it as a measure of success anyway.
People are still going to farm here because they want the attention, it doesn’t matter what the measure is (comment count, updoots wtv)
But it affects my experience on the platform, even if I don’t care about it myself.
When people make posts and comments for the karma and not because they think their input is useful then the platform will suck.
I always thought there was some merit to it, like, indicative of someone’s history in engagement on a platform, no?
I get that it becomes less and less meaningful as people farm it, but there is there no balancing point?
I think people grossely overestimate what people did “for karma”.
Bots farm karma to seem like legitimate users and bypass min-karma rules.
Real users didn’t give a shit about the little karma number aside from the fact it told them their stuff got a lot of attention. It could have been a circle with a color gradient and people would have used it as a measure of success anyway.
People are still going to farm here because they want the attention, it doesn’t matter what the measure is (comment count, updoots wtv)
But it affects my experience on the platform, even if I don’t care about it myself. When people make posts and comments for the karma and not because they think their input is useful then the platform will suck.