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Negative karma is inherently unfair
Honestly to me the worst aspect of Reddit isn't the propensity for creating echo chambers, that's a popular opinion I think. It's the fact that karma for a post, comment, or even your entire account can go into a negative number even though the site is built for rewarding those with high karma. This just ends up meaning that if you have an opinion that's different from what's popular in whatever subreddit you're in, you have to learn to stay quiet or else. Reaching karma requirements can be hard enough without the possibility of being punished for wrongthink. It does the exact opposite of fostering discussion- it represses it because you have to worry about having your posting privileges taken away. Several times I've wanted to give my two cents on a topic but can't, because it's not the accepted take in that space and I don't want to risk losing the karma I've earned, just so I can add to the discussion.
I feel your pain I literally after 2 years ending up having to delete my account over a comment just asking a question on a political topic. Me trying to understand why people was feeling a certain way destroyed my account. I enjoy Reddit other than the Karma part for that very reason. I still wish I could have just had someone explain things to me.
It's almost like they force you to have a job to monitor your karma levels, but even then, not many people would be willing to diligently work on their karma for a week. Can't even use channels if karma is too low.
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