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potentially unpopular opinion: I like account karma. I think it's fun and harmless. (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by sparky678348@lemm.ee to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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I'm a simple man, number go up causes endorphin release.

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[โ€“] jim@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't like karma. It incentivizes short, meme-y posts since those are things that get gets a lot of karma.

[โ€“] PortugalSpaceMoon@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

That's correct. It's also horrible for the comments section because people hate-downvote comments they disagree with, which in turn leads to people avoiding making possibly unpopular comments. It's really hurtful to meaningful discussion.