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I've felt more compelled to contribute to the "Fediverse" than I ever did on Reddit. (kbin.social)
submitted 2 years ago by Deralax@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
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Over the last week or so I have noticed that I have a lot more fun engaging in discussions on here as opposed to reddit.

On reddit i always felt like i was shouting into the void and there was nobody listening, which resulted in me becoming a lurker for the last 12 years.

Maybe it's the small size of this community, the lack of karma farmers, that I've finally lost my mind or a little bit of all of the above, but this place just feels like something special. I'm really looking forward to building the fediverse with all of you!

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[-] Deralax@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

It could definitely just be a honeymoon phase, but I also sense that opinions seem to be more valued here.

I'm certainly not trying to karma farm. I haven't seen any total "karma" score on kbin, and don't think that there should be. I think a total karma score encourages reposts and very predictable comments all in the name of increasing the score.

I myself only felt compelled to create this post because i wanted to do my part to try and create content for others to interact with. The biggest advantage reddit has over alternatives is the sheer amount of content, and the only way to compete is for all of us to populate this place with the content we want ro see.

Social anxiety will most likely prevail in the end and i'll return to lurking, but im not going to let it stop me from having a good time while it hibernates.

[-] Mr_Figtree@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm certainly not trying to karma farm. I haven't seen any total "karma" score on kbin, and don't think that there should be.

There's a ‘reputation’ score, but it's fortunately pretty pointless (it's boosts minus downvotes/reduces, upvotes don't count).

[-] hikeandbike@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

Apparently, this is not the intended function and its's built like this for interoperability with the rest of the fediverse/Mastodon..

[-] Clairvoidance@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Very fair, sorry if my message seems a bit harsh, I overall agree, I just also thought it is a bold declaration this early into the fold

[-] rob64@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

I think the wording of your first comment may also have been a tad confusing. It was hard for me to tell whether you were saying OP was a hypocrite for not contributing more or that it might be a bit early for OP to draw conclusions.

[-] Clairvoidance@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Nah, there's nothing for them to be a hypocrite about. It just struck me as 'hmm' that someone with so few comments could judge that, but the social anxiety bit might also clue in that they've done a lot of reading on here in general as well, and probably are also taking into account a lot of other people's in-depth discussions in their anecdote

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