• CRUMBGRABBER
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    7 hours ago

    Sorry you got jumped on as a new user a bit.

    The karma system on reddit encourages posting and reposting stuff that everyone has seen before to get fake internet points, and maybe what you win is a “more powerful account” for the algorithm instead of everyone getting a more or less equal voice.

    You can still get people to follow you and build a tribe if you want without that, and you are also free to start any community you like, so a few mods don’t end up controlling all the online real estate and steer the conversation unfairly.

    Plus its simpler. Sometimes simple is good.