No real weight for the system I think. Theres a lot less people though, so if I see the same guy like 5 times in a row with -8 comments, I'm more inclined to think that person is a prick because thats how humans are built.
Its not going to stop them posting or push them to the bottom by default or anything though.
Not sure what you mean when you say Reddit votes matter in some way that they don't on Lemmy.
On Reddit, the algorithm that determines which posts appear on the main page is heavily influenced by the number of up/down votes for the post and its comments.
they didn't really matter on reddit, and it matters even less here beyond representing how the people in the comm you are in think. they influence the sorting algorithm i guess?
Make a new account on Reddit, and you soon learn that votes (and therefore karma points) do matter. Even the karma in one subreddit can be relevant, so older accounts joining subreddits need to be careful not to annoy the local establishment.
they mattered on reddit? how?
Votes = karma. Low karma can keep you from being able to post in places and can get your post/comment hidden.
i haven't heard of any place on lemmy restricting one's ability to post based on your vote total, but i'd never encountered it during my many years on reddit, either.
if you get a lot of downvotes, and someone is sorting by "top" or "hot", your post or comment will be further down the list though, and vice versa for upvotes. (though personally, i almost always sort by "new" on lemmy, or sometimes, "new comments".)
No but there are some people who tend to act holier than thou because they have hundreds to thousands of meaningless points. I find out that they tend to be uptight assholes.
Anyone who places superiority on that is fucking silly.
They are there to disgruntle you, is that not enough!?
they’re for creating a system of shame.
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