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What are "points"? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by july@leminal.space to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

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I noticed on a comment that I got 3 "points". Is it like upvotes?

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[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

upvotes minus downvotes

it only shows when it has more than 0 downvotes

[–] july@leminal.space 7 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, and it's more useless than on reddit, because there's no cumulative amount of "karma". It's just an indicator of how good or bad your post/comment was.

[–] july@leminal.space 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The good side is that it won’t encourage karma farming

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Agreed. The karma system is stupid and pointless.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

There is an option in your settings so you don't see upvotes or downvotes.

None of these imaginary points matter.

(Lemmy is rad)

[–] july@leminal.space 1 points 2 weeks ago

To be honest I find myself sometimes skipping comments which are down-voted to oblivion on other platforms.. :X. It doesn't help that the down voted comment also gets hidden. Sometimes they are rightfully down voted but other times the mass opinion is against OP's message which doesn't mean OP is necessarily wrong. Do upvotes even matter? They are just indicators of good/bad but that doesn't prove anything. It's up to the perceiver to declare.