YSK: Lemmy DOES have a karma system - eviltoast

There’s some misinformation floating around regarding Lemmy not having a karma system. While many have discovered otherwise, this is for those who may not have.

While it’s not exposed in the Lemmy default user interface, Lemmy does have a fully functional karma system and it is visible in third party clients such as WefWef and Memmy.

Do with that what you will.

https://join-lemmy.org/api/interfaces/PersonAggregates.html

  • zikk_transport2@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’d LOVE to allow communities to disable down votes…

    Upvote-only system is bullshit and you also know it. How else would you motivate user to post a quality content? Karma should also exist for this exact reason.

    I don’t want yet-another-facebook-or-youtube here. 🤷

    • thehatfox@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      People that post quality content don’t tend to care about internet points. People that care about internet points won’t bother to collect them via posting quality content.

      Downvote systems can also discourage open discussion, as too many people can’t help themselves from downvoting dissenting views. Communities end up one sided hiveminds.

      Maybe there is a middle ground, perhaps downvotes could be rationed instead of outright disabled.

      • Badass_panda@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I think downvote rationing could work, possibly. It is only an issue for subs that are focused on discussion of divisive topics… downvotes work fine for most communities

    • BraBraBra@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Being left on one would be the equivalent of being downvoted. What’s the difference? Downvotws often just serves as a fuck you, and makes people feel like they’re being attacked.

    • Badass_panda@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Not every sub is for “quality content”, some subs are intended for debate / dialogue between people that disagree with each other, and use the downvote button to mean “disagree” … which means if you are coming for a quality dialogue, you tend to only see a quality monologue unless the user base is split 50/50 on the topic, which is rare.