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Deleted my 12 year old, 43334 Karma, reddit account (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by Whiskeyomega@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

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I feel free !
Thanks to Power Delete Suite.
I actually run cupoftea.social on mastodon so I was already very familiar with the fediverse. The more platforms for it the better.

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[–] sombrero@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

why do people care about karma so much tho?

[–] harmonea@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'll go against the "it doesn't matter" grain and give you a real answer: It just feels good to know people like having you around and appreciate your contributions. I could look at my karma total and know that in the 12 years I used reddit, an average of ~27 people per day, every day, appreciated the fact that I was there. Even if it took almost nothing for them to show it, it was nice to be reminded that I connected with that many people in a positive way.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

On the other hand, it makes the site as a whole shittier, because people become obsessed with making their number bigger, and a huge amount of activity is done purely with that goal in mind.

[–] harmonea@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Well, I only claim to speak for how I view it -- why people care about it (which was the question). Not some guess at how it affects the site overall.