One of the things platforms use to keep us coming back and investing more of our time in building their site for them, is Internet Points. They don’t do anything, but we still crave them.

On Reddit, these Internet Points are, of course, called “karma”

In moving on from Reddit, I’m burning over 80k karma.
It feels fine. I mean, it has no real value, and bots can scrounge up that amount of karma in an afternoon, but it still represents a sizable time investment.

How much are you burning, and how do you feel about it?

  • johndroid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    360k and ten years.

    Such a waste of time. This was what I needed to make healthier choices. Less time spent scrolling, less time commenting. Lemmy is my methodone right now.

  • RQG@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I am still a bit dumbfounded as to why people care about an arbitrary number.

    I looked it up now and apparently it is over 400000. But it still doesn’t do anything right?

  • hydra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Around 700 karma. Let it burn, we should abolish karma forever since it only promotes echo chambers and stiffles actual discussion.

  • LUHG@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’m not sure about 30k for a 3 year old account. Had multiple over 10 years. I just used to delete them when it got attention from the Admins.

    Turns out saying fuck /u/gallowboob for his bullshit admin abuse makes them really mad at you. DMs and site wide bans from big subs is easily done.

    Hope Reddit dies and they have no power.

  • doomkernel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    ~3k and I don’t really care about it. Mostly because I was a lurker… Rarely engaging in a few things.

  • Izzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    Honestly, I think karma, points, upvotes and the like should all be invisible. It’s functionality for bringing specific posts or comments to the top is useful, but the number itself serves no purpose being displayed to the user.

  • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    < 92 k on my main and <18 k on my alt. The karma never really made any difference other than being able to post on some subs.

    • Demonen@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Highest “karma required” I’ve seen is, I believe, 100. That means the significant part of my burned karma is after the decimal point in 80.4k (or whatever the fuck, not checking)

      Exactly, it’s just a number. I’m so glad there is no global karma on Lemmy. Voting on single posts on their isolated merits is much more meaningful.