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How much karma are you burning? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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One of the things platforms use to keep us coming back and investing more of our time in building their site for them, is Internet Points. They don't do anything, but we still crave them.

On Reddit, these Internet Points are, of course, called "karma"

In moving on from Reddit, I'm burning over 80k karma.
It feels fine. I mean, it has no real value, and bots can scrounge up that amount of karma in an afternoon, but it still represents a sizable time investment.

How much are you burning, and how do you feel about it?

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

I have ~5100 karma, I've never really cared about the total karma amount but it is fun to see a comment or post be upvoted. They feel like social points and that makes me think of "that" episode of Black Mirror, and as @[email protected] said, China has implemented that. It's crazy.

But as I always say, in the end, the people have the power. Always.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, and we kinda get that same sort of dopamine hit here, just not the global karma, because there is no central place to collect global points!

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

I think "local" karma makes more sense and I'd much rather have a point system than get hundreds of comments saying "I agree" because that's annoying af.

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

Ironically, I agree!