npub1rm…2twr0 on Nostr: Chris Trottier Fediverse News Reddit's "useless internet points" karma mechanism ...

Chris Trottier (npub1jeq…jglm) Fediverse News (npub1gsm…5y8l) Reddit's "useless internet points" karma mechanism effectively "gamified" content sharing, but it is strikingly similar to the Facebook/Instagram "likes" count that is known to cause real harms to mental health. For that reason, many Fediverse destinations are treading carefully around "exposure metrics."

Still, considering why people created and shared so much for free on Reddit, the answer has to be exposure. Some of those people will go wherever big audiences go.