chair@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.ml · 1 year agothank god lemmy doesn't have karmamessage-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squarethank god lemmy doesn't have karmachair@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareMeowyNin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoFor real. A community doesn’t need an inherent popularity contest.
minus-squareJosephine@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoPlus no karma farms, imagine posting for the sake of it
minus-squarenachtigall@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhy were there Karma farms anyway? Is there any benefit on Reddit for a lot of Karma?
minus-squareAlkalyon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoDifferent subreddits had different rules. In some subs you needed loads of karma to post. Karma farming was also used to bump up the account so that it could be sold to malicious buyers for propaganda or spam posting purposes.
For real. A community doesn’t need an inherent popularity contest.
Plus no karma farms, imagine posting for the sake of it
Why were there Karma farms anyway? Is there any benefit on Reddit for a lot of Karma?
Different subreddits had different rules. In some subs you needed loads of karma to post.
Karma farming was also used to bump up the account so that it could be sold to malicious buyers for propaganda or spam posting purposes.