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stop asking for a karma system (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 years ago by awesome_person@lemm.ee to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

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[–] cantsurf@lemm.ee 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

But what's the actual problem with the ability for posts to have negative scores? Are we trying to prevent people from feeling the unpleasant sensation associated with THE DISAPPROVAL OF OTHERS!?

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[–] ram@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago

But what’s the actual problem with the ability for posts to have negative scores?

It incentives self censorship that turns sites into echo chambers. e.g. Reddit

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[–] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

Have you ever seen r/KarmaRoulette ? You can get mass downvoted for no reason

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

If a comment bothers you ignore it or reply with why you disagree

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