ThrowawayPermanente,

It should be used only to determine in which order posts and comments are displayed.

Exilfranke,

I think everybody checked the own posts for the karma they got for it. So I think it plays a huge role. Of course some people go too far and make it the only thing that matters about it. I won't miss those people.

Niello, (edited )

There was a discussion on karma some days ago, if anyone want a read. https://lemmy.world/post/590386

TL;DR consensus is mostly karma is the source of quite a number of problems on Reddit and many people are comfortable with not having them back. There are positives, but the system has to be reworked for it to really work to any capacity that doesn't negatively affect the platform.

Personally, I don't look at karma. I barely even checked other people's user page and I only went on my own page to look for my previous comments.

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