There’s some misinformation floating around regarding Lemmy not having a karma system. While many have discovered otherwise, this is for those who may not have.

While it’s not exposed in the Lemmy default user interface, Lemmy does have a fully functional karma system and it is visible in third party clients such as WefWef and Memmy.

Do with that what you will.

https://join-lemmy.org/api/interfaces/PersonAggregates.html

  • TakatakatakatakatakEnglish
    -1•2 years ago

    I don’t. I have a lot of really unpopular opinions and it’s important to me that everyone knows about them.

    If you’ve got a few minutes to chat I can give you the gist.

    • BenEnglish
      -1•2 years ago

      Upvotes are useful for determining what people like and dislike so you can sort posts and comments.

      Karma is just a bad way to have someone crucified for expressing an unpopular opinion… anyone remember COVID?

      Whatever your opinion (and mine was unpopular - still is, as many Thai’s STILL wear masks in the street - even if they’re walking down the middle of an empty street FFS) a recent study has proven me right - the lockdown did sweet FA (maybe a 1% reduction in deaths from COVID, but an increase from 1.5% to 40% in mental disorders reported in 18-45 year old people and MASSIVE economic and educational damage.