It’s just good that there is no karma on user profiles. There will be no hierarchy between users based on karma and no circlejerking around it. Like “hehehe see how you have so small amount of karma” and something else. Karma scores on posts should only matter.
There’s a comment further below that’s actually pretty scary when people believe/live this sort of thing:
On Reddit Karma is typically used to show legitimacy and maturity. If you have 20k Karma from having 20k more upvotes than downvotes, your comment is probably worth giving a read.
That’s great - isn’t that exactly the ‘social score’ implemented in China? Yikes.
I could imagine a situation where someone makes low-effort memes, reposts or something that fits Reddit’s monoculture, gaining that 20k positive karma. That person may not comment much and the comments may be low-effort. Where’s the maturity and legitimacy here?
That’s great - isn’t that exactly the ‘social score’ implemented in China? Yikes.
Reddit’s biggest investors are Chinese so this is just fitting.
The construct on Reddit is obviously contained within Reddit, but it’s plenty harmful within that environment, when and if people decide whether or not they’ll interact with someone else based on their ‘score’.
It’s just good that there is no karma on user profiles. There will be no hierarchy between users based on karma and no circlejerking around it. Like “hehehe see how you have so small amount of karma” and something else. Karma scores on posts should only matter.
There’s a comment further below that’s actually pretty scary when people believe/live this sort of thing:
That’s great - isn’t that exactly the ‘social score’ implemented in China? Yikes.
I could imagine a situation where someone makes low-effort memes, reposts or something that fits Reddit’s monoculture, gaining that 20k positive karma. That person may not comment much and the comments may be low-effort. Where’s the maturity and legitimacy here?
Reddit’s biggest investors are Chinese so this is just fitting.
Sure, it’s a bit like the Chinese social score. But it’s a private company site, not a government score. Huge difference.
The construct on Reddit is obviously contained within Reddit, but it’s plenty harmful within that environment, when and if people decide whether or not they’ll interact with someone else based on their ‘score’.
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