On Reddit, my karma was always weighted more on the question side than on the comment side. I felt bad for not being a valuable contributor to people’s lives rather than being selfish and always asking things for myself. Lemmy has gotten rid of that point system so now I feel like I can feel free to ask as many questions as I need without having to balance my karma. Also, I have noticed that I participate so much more on this platform than I ever did on Reddit.

  • w00tabaga@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    It’s the main reason why Reddit was a giant circle jerk. I like here that you can upvote and downvote things but it’s not connected to your account at all. Just connected to the comment or post, as it should be.

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      1 year ago

      I didn’t notice this until you mentioned it. I really like that. Hopefully it stays that way.

      I rarely up/down voted stuff on Reddit, because I didn’t want to feed the algorithm and have them do whatever it is they were going to do with that data tied to me.