• Rob T Firefly@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Because Reddit karma is a score openly visible to everyone based on a simple and direct vote system, while this turns out to be a behind-the-scenes score users have but can’t see, understand the calculations behind, or respond to directly.

    One issue with that was pointed out by reddit user tharic99 in the top comment to the linked post:

    So users have this hidden score in the back end that they’re not aware of. We as moderators can use that hidden score to make automod determinations based off of the hidden score and we can’t even see it as a moderator.

    Correct?

    Why does this feel like years ago when trying to get a loan or credit application and being told you don’t have enough credit, but no one will tell you what your credit score was or what number you needed. It was this mythical number in the back end that only the credit agency knew about.

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      1 year ago

      I always thought the karma score was a weird system and I compared it to that one black mirror episode. This is just an extension of an already fucked up idea.