On reddit I was a lurker that posted like once or twice a year, but ever since joining lemmy I've started posting multiple times a day.

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[–] 46 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Same here. I have a 9 year account on Reddit with only a few hundred posts and karma; by the time I found something worth posting about anything I posted would either drown out in the noise or essentially already be posted.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    the worst part is you'd almost always end commenting in a thread that gets deleted due to rules etc if you tried to get ahead of the curve and comment in a brand new post. I'm way more active here because I'm trying to help build the community.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    when it became about points instead of sharing people started gaming the system. we are posting to share, most others making it to any level of visibility are actively gaming the system.

    i did some tests around it a few years back, getting notice with derivative gaming is easy but it just drowns out any real content. Only certain power users are usually allowed to the tops of pages, youll see a lot of the same names on the front page over and over.

    clear sign there is no hope and discourse isint real anymore

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think the poll numbers will act the same way to moderate what people say. I don’t think total karma was important, it’s seeing a community you’re in agree/disagree with you, and all the dopamine/negativity that comes from that.

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