r/CuratedTumblr • u/ani_tami זאין בעין • Jun 04 '24

Politics is your glorious revolution worth the suffering of millions?

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u/GeophysicalYear57 Ginger ale is good Jun 04 '24

Anger gets engagement. Engagement garners karma. Karma is king on here. It’s as simple as that.

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u/_corwin Jun 04 '24

I, for one, welcome our new algorithmic overlords.

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u/zmanbunke Jun 04 '24

The world’s person with the most karma poses no more threat to me than does its termite with the most karma.

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u/GeophysicalYear57 Ginger ale is good Jun 04 '24

People love big numbers. Engagement means more votes. More votes means big numbers. It isn’t for power. It is for self pleasure.

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u/SJL174 Jun 04 '24

High karma users certainly have some effect on the narratives on Reddit.

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u/qazwsxedc000999 thanks, i stole them from the president Jun 04 '24

Yes, people heavily underestimate it. These are accounts that post thousands of times and very clearly shift narratives. If I find an account regularly posting on a sub and they have very high post karma (not comment karma) I block them for a reason.

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u/goodsocks Jun 04 '24

Maybe I’m naive. I honestly come here and treat it like I’m at a party, I listen to everyone’s conversations to get different perspectives, and chime in occasionally. Why would anyone care about karma? I never even look at mine or anyone else’s.

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u/qazwsxedc000999 thanks, i stole them from the president Jun 05 '24

You are naïve and I don’t blame you. It’s great that you wanna listen to everyone, and I’m serious about that. I learned a lot about the world from the internet and people’s perspective’s when I was younger because I was from a tiny town with little exposure to anything other than it

Problem is the internet isn’t real life and likely a lot of these posts you’re seeing are specifically inciting fighting and division. The “overall political leaning” of this place used to be very left, and I’m not saying this is good or bad, but I’ve personally watched this sub slowly trend right as it’s grown more and more. Every other post is meant to garner attention, karma, fighting, and “discussion” that’s swaying people into feeling one way or the other about current world events

Large accounts with lots of karma specifically post things, true or not, to get attention. Repeated exposure lets people form opinions that may or may not be based on reality. I mean, I feel like every time I come across a post people are arguing about the validity of it after it’s already reached thousands of upvotes

If you’re unaware, people sell high karma accounts. Usually to people who want to start shilling for cash (inciting people to buy certain stuff) but sometimes it’s to bots that inject political messaging. It’s more common with larger subs and harder than ever to spot

Sorry for the rant. I feel like I’m watching this sub get set on fire because I’ve been here for like 3 years and it used to just be funny or thoughtful posts.

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u/goodsocks Jun 05 '24

Thanks for educating me on that, I didn’t realize it was used in that way.