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I like the transition away from prioritizing comments over questions. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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On Reddit, my karma was always weighted more on the question side than on the comment side. I felt bad for not being a valuable contributor to people's lives rather than being selfish and always asking things for myself. Lemmy has gotten rid of that point system so now I feel like I can feel free to ask as many questions as I need without having to balance my karma. Also, I have noticed that I participate so much more on this platform than I ever did on Reddit.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

My sense of community involvement depended on my karma count. I didn't want to be perceived as a person consistently asking for answers rather than contributing them. I guess without karma that preoccupation goes away.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks for replying. I personally enjoy it more without the personal ranking system. I think it stopped a lot of people from contributing for fear of public (and evident) disapproval while giving some people motivation to flood the site with low quality content just for the points. I still like the up/downvotes though but as a metric for the content, not the user.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Post karma and comment karma don't map to questions and answers though. Maybe in some very specific subs posting=questions, but most post karma is posting links and memes.

this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023

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