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

  • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    I think I am the only one that finds karma useful. Albeit my experience is based on Reddit, but I found it handy to check out who are the serial reposters that have huge submission karma and very low comment karma. My RES filter was getting… large.

    Lemmy? I dunno. I’m still pretty new here.

    • stevedidWHAT@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Mmm I think you find the ability to determine if a user is a bot on your own to be helpful, but karma itself is useless.

      It’s vulnerable to manipulation by coordinated groups/bots.

      Karma is an artificial means to quantify value of a post. I think we need a better way than a voting system (I’m gonna say it: Machine Learning)

      • scutiger@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        It’s not only for bot accounts, but super-users like Gallowboob on reddit, who was basically a serial reposter/karma farmer. My feed got significantly better once I blocked him.

        • stevedidWHAT@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yep precisely. I don’t want to see content based off of votes, voting systems exclude those tiny guys that weren’t popular at the time who might have somethin neat.

          Buuuut now we get into echo chamber territory and content/feed addiction if it’s too good.

          Idk man tough topic

          • astropenguin5@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            IMO voting definitely had its uses, having a guage of whether people do/dont like stuff can be nice. and for seeing content, there are multiple different feed types, i assume only the top sorting is the only one to exclusively use votes, idk how hot/active work but it seems like active cares more about comments and overall interaction and hot is more about votes?

            • stevedidWHAT@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              I think you might’ve misunderstood where I was going with my point. I think value should be derived person by person, not by quantities.

              Voting is a means to measure “mass” opinion. That doesn’t mean it’s the majority opinion (think bots and people who would want to sway a vote just to cause chaos and not to reflect what they want). It’s not a reliable way to get real peoples opinions because it’s naturally vulnerable to mass disruption