If you’re here from Reddiit, please remember to use the boost link in the post rather than the Upvote button, as the Upvote is meaningless to a user’s reputation.
If you’re here from Reddiit, please remember to use the boost link in the post rather than the Upvote button, as the Upvote is meaningless to a user’s reputation.
@NotTheOnlyGamer maybe we shouldn’t encourage people to try and farm internet points. It might make so people engage in actual discussion rather than try to be the internet’s funny man.
@asteroidrainfall
I understand where you’re coming from, but I don’t think that’s the main issue. It’s very easy to tap / click the upvote arrow and the UI makes sense based on Reddit. The thing is, it’s not having the impact that those users think it’s having. Boosting is the equivalent function to what a Reddit user or customer expects an upvote to do. It’s not just about farming points, it’s that the expected reaction isn’t happening for those people trying to give positive reinforcement.
Not sure if I agree. For me, the positive enforcement didn’t come from reaching 200k karma or whatever, it came from people visibly enjoying the comment/post. Still does. Knowing I amused five people feels way nicer in the moment than seeing the big number get bigger and fighting to keep it there.
Seeing something I said inadvertently pissed people off feels way worse than general negative karma too, because it’s easier to distance yourself from a negative reputation when you don’t have the reason for that onscreen in front of you. The number on my profile lacks the immediate context that a post does. Profile karma is just a generic, unexplained judgement of your social worth, which sounds horrendous the more I think about it.
It has to be at least a bit upsetting to glance at the reputation and realize you’re somehow deep in the negatives, but that would be a non-issue if it just wasn’t visible outside of the comment section.
Yeap, I’m totally with you on that. Indeed, IIRC from science studies, the average person’s brain is -way- out-proportioned by sensitivity to negativity & threat-response than it is, all purry (like a happy cat) from positive feedback.
It’s evidently an artifact from our total history of living in clans & tribes for approximately 300k yrs spent living that kind of live before ‘digital, social media’ came along. If you follow me.