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Why Lemmy is so superior to Reddit: No Karma, Just Value Content (feddit.org)

submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Lemmy's design is focused on quality content by ditching the Karma farmers and addicts. No more chasing upvotes—people here actually focus on real value instead of feeding the ego.

EDIT: I know there are upvotes and downvotes, but the problem with Reddit is you can't post in most communities if your karma or reputation is bad. This is a big problem because herd mentality prevails there and if ypu have unpopular opinions you're basically censored.

Lemmy isn't designed to milk ypur dopamine with notifications every 10 upvotes, so you focus more on posting valuable cont instead of farming for approval and upvotes.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, on reddit - when subreddits restrict new posters or low karma commenters, they're just trying to mitigate the impact of trolls and bots and people making new accounts. It's not about being elitist.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah because reddit (and Lemmy) are different to what a lot of people are used to. Users coming from things like tiktok or Facebook need to lurk a bit before posting so they get a feel for the culture.

It is gatekeepy but its nessesary in my opinion. However I can see how the karma restrictions are super jarring for new users since it takes a while to get especially if your comments are always buried.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

There used to be a saying on early image boards that have helped me more times than I can remember. "Lurk moar", it has served me well. Even getting used to office culture. It helps to not make any faux pas that would make it harder to get along.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

At some point so much right in the actual social guide to using the internet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The karma restrictions seems at first a good idea but can be bypassed very easily. The bots steal older popular posts or pictures and repost them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

Sure, but it offers at least some protection.