▲ 2647 ▼ stop asking for a karma system (lemm.ee) submitted 3 years ago by awesome_person@lemm.ee to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 554 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] 47_alpha_tango@lemmy.zip 33 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 22 points 3 years ago (2 children) I mean, it kind of does mean something small, which is credibility. Karma wasn’t ever a flawless way to determine credibility, but it was a decent first pass, like an online ocular patdown. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 years ago (2 children) Uh, no. Lol It maybe showed popularity. But it was frequently manipulated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago Example: replace this entire comment with a portion of a highly upvoted comment below from this same thread, combine that with an official experience that only shows one or two top level comments and those copies can also get lots of upvotes. Reddit was rife with these kinds of bots. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DarkMatter_contract@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago In ideal situation downvote should not be used for disagreeing but topic relevant and quality. In ideal situation… permalink fedilink source parent [–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) Bro I've never for a second thought that gallowboob had any credibility whatsoever and the motherfucker had like, all the KARMA permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) You’re completely missing my point. I’m not saying you should worship the guy, but he has more credibility than a troll with negative karma or a 3 month old tshirt bot with a few hundred karma from plagiarized comments. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago Both those cases have 0 credibility from any sensible person as they are functionally equivalent permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vespair@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Hi I'm necrocommenting this old comment, sorry. You're conflating post karma and comment karma. Post karma is shit and almost everyone on reddit with super high post karma is awful. Comment karma however is often a decent measure of credibility. The problem is people conflate the two, or worse, inappropriately value post karma over comment karma. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 22 points 3 years ago (2 children) I mean, it kind of does mean something small, which is credibility. Karma wasn’t ever a flawless way to determine credibility, but it was a decent first pass, like an online ocular patdown. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 years ago (2 children) Uh, no. Lol It maybe showed popularity. But it was frequently manipulated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago Example: replace this entire comment with a portion of a highly upvoted comment below from this same thread, combine that with an official experience that only shows one or two top level comments and those copies can also get lots of upvotes. Reddit was rife with these kinds of bots. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DarkMatter_contract@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago In ideal situation downvote should not be used for disagreeing but topic relevant and quality. In ideal situation… permalink fedilink source parent [–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) Bro I've never for a second thought that gallowboob had any credibility whatsoever and the motherfucker had like, all the KARMA permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) You’re completely missing my point. I’m not saying you should worship the guy, but he has more credibility than a troll with negative karma or a 3 month old tshirt bot with a few hundred karma from plagiarized comments. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago Both those cases have 0 credibility from any sensible person as they are functionally equivalent permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vespair@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Hi I'm necrocommenting this old comment, sorry. You're conflating post karma and comment karma. Post karma is shit and almost everyone on reddit with super high post karma is awful. Comment karma however is often a decent measure of credibility. The problem is people conflate the two, or worse, inappropriately value post karma over comment karma. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 years ago (2 children) Uh, no. Lol It maybe showed popularity. But it was frequently manipulated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago Example: replace this entire comment with a portion of a highly upvoted comment below from this same thread, combine that with an official experience that only shows one or two top level comments and those copies can also get lots of upvotes. Reddit was rife with these kinds of bots. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DarkMatter_contract@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago In ideal situation downvote should not be used for disagreeing but topic relevant and quality. In ideal situation… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago Example: replace this entire comment with a portion of a highly upvoted comment below from this same thread, combine that with an official experience that only shows one or two top level comments and those copies can also get lots of upvotes. Reddit was rife with these kinds of bots. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DarkMatter_contract@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago In ideal situation downvote should not be used for disagreeing but topic relevant and quality. In ideal situation… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) Bro I've never for a second thought that gallowboob had any credibility whatsoever and the motherfucker had like, all the KARMA permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) You’re completely missing my point. I’m not saying you should worship the guy, but he has more credibility than a troll with negative karma or a 3 month old tshirt bot with a few hundred karma from plagiarized comments. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago Both those cases have 0 credibility from any sensible person as they are functionally equivalent permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vespair@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Hi I'm necrocommenting this old comment, sorry. You're conflating post karma and comment karma. Post karma is shit and almost everyone on reddit with super high post karma is awful. Comment karma however is often a decent measure of credibility. The problem is people conflate the two, or worse, inappropriately value post karma over comment karma. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) You’re completely missing my point. I’m not saying you should worship the guy, but he has more credibility than a troll with negative karma or a 3 month old tshirt bot with a few hundred karma from plagiarized comments. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago Both those cases have 0 credibility from any sensible person as they are functionally equivalent permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago Both those cases have 0 credibility from any sensible person as they are functionally equivalent permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Hi I'm necrocommenting this old comment, sorry. You're conflating post karma and comment karma. Post karma is shit and almost everyone on reddit with super high post karma is awful. Comment karma however is often a decent measure of credibility. The problem is people conflate the two, or worse, inappropriately value post karma over comment karma. permalink fedilink source parent
