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If you ask me, I would even remove the whole karma system on the account level, and keep it only on the individual comment/submission level. I consider it a fea
by not_your_vase 3y ago
If you ask me, I would even remove the whole karma system on the account level, and keep it only on the individual comment/submission level. I consider it a feature that there are only a few famous posters, and most of us are generic anons and the overall karma count doesn't really influence much (unless your total is way in the negatives...)
- version_five 3y agoMost are generic anons but in general it seems like there's a culture of keeping your account and not just creating throwaways for single posts. There are some advantages of that for the user, like being able to flag and downvote, not being filtered (posts from new accounts that sign up and post immediately have a higher chance of getting killed), and in some minds the credibility that comes from a long standing high karma account. And having people want to keep their accounts encourages better behavior because you don't want the account banned. I think all this does have an effect that makes the discussions better than they would be in forum with more ephemeral accounts.