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So I've seen quite a few comments from people regarding the lack of karma so far in Lemmy/The Fediverse, and I was just wondering if because of the nature of how it works if karma is even possible? Although I wouldn't mind too much about it existing, people have made good points about how much it helps moderation and keeps the trolls at bay, so I feel it's a very nice too to have. Thanks in advance for the responses!

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[-] Toothpickjim@lemmy.fmhy.ml 21 points 1 year ago

Karma was one of the worst things about Reddit imo all the farming and low effort posts, let's not repeat things again

Exactly. Started as a fun thing, "Oh look how much I contribute" and over time was abused to the point of bot farms selling accounts with high karma. Not to mention trolls trying to get the lowest karma they could.

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