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What kinds of things from reddit would you like to see Lemmy avoid as the user base grows? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by gronapa@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Personally I think not having karma limits is nice currently! I understand why they were used but grinding karma as a lurker on reddit was frustrating.

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[–] communist@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I actually support awards here with the option of hiding them, i think it'd be a good, relatively ethical way to monetize lemmy.

[–] ndr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It could be in cool (in the future) to have a donate button instead, so to support users who are posting great content

On the other hand, donating to lemmy should be separate (the way it is now) and not a cut of those donations to users

[–] notacat@lemmy.fmhy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

I always thought it would be cool if awards meant something, like a donation to an NGO of the user’s choosing (from a list of 20 or so to reduce complexity). Lemmy could be one of the options but not the only option (like it was for Reddit) that the money would go to. I feel like more people would buy and give awards if that were the case.

[–] tallwookie@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

funding is better than monetizing a platform

[–] gronapa@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I felt the move of making reddit silver a real award was a big shift. Newer users don't even get why reddit silver was a thing.

I do like the idea of optional visibility - awards certain;y don't have to be bloat/bad.

[–] melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Reddit Silver being an award just completely stole all the magic out of it. It was a cute little memey way to show support and make fun of Reddit Gold and then it got turned into a way to put more money in Reddit's pocket :c