Five days. 25 posts, 184 comments. ~1400 upvotes. And I’m a total nobody. Not bad if I do say so myself.
You monsters made me have to use a calculator >:U
I think the way it’s implemented is good. You can get your validation by seeing the upvotes on a single post or comment, but since the basic interface itself doesn’t total them, people aren’t as driven to say things just for the upvotes. It’s like those speed signs that tell you how fast you’re going: if you measure something like that, people will try to get the “top score” (which is why most of those have been replaced with ones that just say “too fast” over a certain speed).
Since the counts are there, individual apps can sum them up and display that, but it’s not basic to Lemmy.
db2@lemmy.one 1 year ago
I’m good without the totals. Vote numbers really only matter to the post or comment, and even that only as passive feedback from people who didn’t comment in reply.
orphiebaby@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I do not understand what you mean O:
db2@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Votes tabulated translate to karma, I’m saying it only really matters at the point of the post and the tabulation is unnecessary.