Personally I think not having karma limits is nice currently! I understand why they were used but grinding karma as a lurker on reddit was frustrating.
Personally I think not having karma limits is nice currently! I understand why they were used but grinding karma as a lurker on reddit was frustrating.
People taking the voting system so seriously. On Reddit people got offended by being downvoted. Sometimes people downvote just because it’s sitting at a low number.
The karma system on Reddit is tied to a lot of things so it’s understandable for them to care about it. If an account has low karma, they’re more likely to be shadowbanned or suspended. Even when not shadowbanned, their posts and comments will need manual mod approval to be shown to other users.
I also hated the “disagree = down vote” mentality. Don’t like what the other person is saying? Take 'em down.
That’s the reason I signed up for Beehaw, because they removed the down vote ability. I think it makes for a more positive mindset
I mean it was always arbitrary in that you could voice the same opinion in the same thread, just in different parts and one comment would be upvoted enormously and the other comment would be negative. My issue with it is that people don’t really bother to follow through and reply anymore, even to respectfully disagree or explain why they think you’re wrong. It’s just a tool to silence or discredit people you disagree with considering most users intuitively believe that consensus = correctness and dogpile upvotes or downvotes.