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I hope there will never be a thing such as a karma system on Lemmy.
Personally, I don't want people to write just what other want to read.
Instead, I want people to write what they really want to say without thinking about their score and the restrictions in case of not having enough points (this doesn't mean that everyone should feel free to be a bigot of course. Bigotry, obnixious trolling, etc... are not okay and definitely desserve ban).
Sorry to inform you that there already is, it's just that most instances don't expose it. But lemmy keeps track of all the up and down votes and i believe it's all public with the right query to the instance.
That's a valid and valuable point.
Personally, I don’t want people to write just what other want to read.
Instead, I want people to write what they really want to say without thinking about their score
In a way, both systems are just different implementations of social regulation. One system achieves it through numbers. If you remove numbers, people will still express their approval or dismissal, in words. This has some regulating effect on what people write, how openly they express themselves. And I'm not even sure that's a bad thing.
Of course, in a system with karma people can still additionally express their reactions with words.
My main point is, we cannot have a system without social regulation, that's just an inherent part of human interactions. I can think of reasons for and against amplifying it further with karma. Personally I like it though.
I think they were refering to "karma whoring". It has nothing to do with social regulation, just the fact that there's a bunch of people (and bots!) that will do anything for fake internet points. It's just insincere at the end of the day.
I love to create content (comments, posts) that are both thought-provoking of more serious topics, and content for amusement as well. While agreeing on the rules, I want to go and be me (delving bravely in controversial topics as well since I enjoy them too), without trying in purpose to generate only stuff that I know is already-agreeable to folks for gaining only Internet points.
I know that karma is a double-edged sword - it can give a boost to someone who wants to create good content, making more of it while feeling appreciated...and the same thing for someone who just goes "full s***posting". Don't get me wrong - both have their time and place to be important, but...
...I admit I find myself thinking and wishing for a karma system, repeatedly. I have already counted some of the votes I've gotten from my top comments and posts (yes, negatives calculated too!) once. But if the deal just is that there won't be a karma system because it would create more harm than good, I'll accept it, continue dreaming and trying to make more content. And calculating my gains once in a while to get any idea of where I'm at 😂 (could be cool if there was an Online tool that did the calculating by entering my username!)