Trolls of Lemmy, what is up with that? - eviltoast

I can understand the desire to get as many downvotes as possible on reddit. I don’t sympathize, but I can at least see where people are coming from. Because Reddit gives you that total and shows it to you.

And I’m sure it’s possible to use an API to really that number up on Lemmy, but “total karma” doesn’t seem to be something Lemmy cares about by default, so where is the motivation coming from?

Is it just the same reason people have always been trolls? Because I’ve never quite understood that, either

  • Toneswirly@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Trolls have existed as long as social spaces have. No one really knows why trollers troll; it is one of the great mysteries