The thing I like most about the fediverse, unlike reddit, is that people are genuinely posting things they care about or like, rather than posting to be a karma whore. I can't tell you how many times I've posted in reddit and it instantly gets stolen and used in another sub simply to get easy karma. It's refreshing to not have that here. That's all. Thanks!

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[–] MdRuckus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Unfortunately, I observed the same behavior late last. night. I saw the same article posted in five different communities from the same person. I thought we had something better going here. I hope the few who are exhibiting this behavior can get it under control and leave that mentality behind.

[–] WowMyNameIsUnique@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I fully expect mass posting like that will be the norm on Lemmy, even more than it was on Reddit. Now instead of a handful of subreddits that cover similar context, there are also a handful of communities on here with literally the exact same name. As annoying as it is to see a bunch of duplicate posts in my feed, I can't say I blame users for doing that when communities are often fragmented here.

[–] canthidium@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I really think despite that we don't have overall karma, people still get off on getting highly rated posts. I mostly lurked on Reddit, but would occasionally post something and I can't deny that I enjoyed seeing the post get a lot of upvotes. But here on Lemmy, I became a mod of a couple communities and I post a lot and I've noticed I don't even pay attention to the scores at all. I think one reason is since I post a lot more, I don't pay attention, and also the scores don't generally get as high, due to the smaller userbase. But I agree, people need to get out of that mentality of trying to get the highest rated post scores. It really makes it much more enjoyable to get involved in discussions, IMO.