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Do we get points for comments and post ? I just downloaded Connect and noticed the points. (aussie.zone)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by yoz@aussie.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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This was not the case when I was using Eternity

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[–] Zak@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When I look at the JSON response for your profile page from lemmy.world in a desktop browser, I see:

  • post_count: 32
  • post_score: 2674
  • comment_count: 1072
  • comment_score: 4459

But the standard Lemmy UI doesn't display those score totals. When I view your profile from Connect, I do see 7133 points. That's not 8316 like you see because federation is hard.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To my knowledge, Lemmy does not have a built in feature to keep track of total points (i.e. karma), but some third party apps like Connect will aggregate a user's comment/post scores into a pseudo-karma score.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 years ago

This is incorrect, Lemmy does have it. Though the devs are moving away from this feature supposedly and it will stop being reported. The official UI doesn't show it. They will show a count of comments/posts instead.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You did until recently. The devs removed it though to discourage point farming accounts. Your new app might just be calculating the points manually by tallying all of your posts

[–] eatham@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They've removed it from the UI, it's still in the API can can be viewed

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh for real? I thought they removed it from their API too

[–] eatham@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Yup, you have 1,395 score according to aussie.zone.

[–] blakeus12@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

god i hope not. karma is the worst thing invented by humans.

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Some apps aggregate that info but Lemmy isn’t about karma or upvotes overall and it’s better for it. I just checked mine and I have 35k points, holy hell. I’m happy that’s not really displayed publicly because it doesn’t mean anything

[–] girl@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My app (Voyager) used to keep track, then a recent update switched to displaying your total number of comments/posts, which I much prefer.

[–] Nighed@sffa.community 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Lemmy removed it (or have announced they are going to?) from the API, which is why voyager switched.

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

Where can I see lemmy dev announcements? This is not the first time I’ve been wrong about lemmy API lol

[–] Nighed@sffa.community 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I can't now find a source for this.... So maybe it's me that's wrong....

Their release notes are on GitHub, but I can't find (on mobile ATM) the plans for the future.

[–] jacktherippah@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Eternity has it now. I remember people saying that it's there but the Lemmy UI doesnt expose it to the user.

[–] HornyOnMain@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Damn, redditors really are trying to bring every single dumbass aspect of Reddit over to Lemmy too (targeted at the people who made this decision for the app, not you btw)

[–] eatham@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, and its right in your face, aswell. Other apps like thunder atleast need you to open a submenu to see it, tho I'd rather it was removed entirely.