Hey! Thanks to the whole Reddit mess, I’ve discovered the fediverse and its increidible wonders and I’m lovin’ it :D

I’ve seen another post about karma, and after reading the comments, I can see there is a strong opinion against it (which I do share). I’d love to hear your opinions, what other method/s would you guys implement? If any ofc

  • InfiniteFlow@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think this would make people more obsessed. We would see the rise of SEO-like shenanigans where they would try to guess what makes the internal algorithm tick, complete with “karma experts” to advise you on how to optimize, etc. more of a shitshow that just having it plainly visible, I think…

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      1 year ago

      Well, I was assuming we were talking about open-source software. So you wouldn’t need karma experts to “guess what makes the internal algorithm tick”. If it’s open source, the algorithm is still public. You just wouldn’t know how much karma each user has.