I feel like the lack of karma adds in to the civility, but I can’t say that for certain. On Reddit, seeing someone’s karma count seems to sway people’s opinions before even reading what that person says. But here, those votes don’t carry over. In other words, each comment offers a “clean slate.”
There are a few usernames I see and interact with here often. Sometimes I agree with a comment, sometimes I disagree with a comment, but without a total karma count tied to every user, each comment is free to stand on its own regardless of who said it. One bad take doesn’t spoil a person’s reputation. Vice versa, having one fantastic take doesn’t automatically elevate a user who might post something toxic in the future.
seeing someone’s karma count seems to sway people’s opinions before even reading what that person says
Wait, people actually look that up on individual profiles? I only check that when someone has an extremely shit troll-level comment or is ‘karma whoring’ particularly egregiously.
feel like the lack of karma adds in to the civility,
I largely agree, but my stance is that it removes the point of ‘karma whoring’, since that really only exists on Reddit to later sell the account or inflate someone’s ego
I feel like the lack of karma adds in to the civility, but I can’t say that for certain. On Reddit, seeing someone’s karma count seems to sway people’s opinions before even reading what that person says. But here, those votes don’t carry over. In other words, each comment offers a “clean slate.”
There are a few usernames I see and interact with here often. Sometimes I agree with a comment, sometimes I disagree with a comment, but without a total karma count tied to every user, each comment is free to stand on its own regardless of who said it. One bad take doesn’t spoil a person’s reputation. Vice versa, having one fantastic take doesn’t automatically elevate a user who might post something toxic in the future.
Wait, people actually look that up on individual profiles? I only check that when someone has an extremely shit troll-level comment or is ‘karma whoring’ particularly egregiously.
I largely agree, but my stance is that it removes the point of ‘karma whoring’, since that really only exists on Reddit to later sell the account or inflate someone’s ego