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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. (kbin.social)

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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.

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[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Seeing something I said inadvertently pissed people off feels way worse than general negative karma

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.