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[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 63 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just general karma whoring...

[–] yoichi@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The lack of karma should help that atleast

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago

It will go a long way, but up vote whoring will still happen to some extent.

[–] toasteranimation@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] DudePluto@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The difference is that while lemmy does have a theoretical sum of upvotes minus downvotes, the website doesn't calculate it and display it for you and everyone else to see.

If you want to find your total score on lemmy you have to install a script that allows you to see your own total. Or grab a calculator and get adding

[–] toasteranimation@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[–] ProfezzorDarke@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lot of Subs required you to have gathered enough Karma on reddit elsewhere to be able to post in them.

[–] toasteranimation@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] ProfezzorDarke@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, Karma are indeed your collective up and down votes you gathered with comments and posts