399 upvotes, 4 direct replies (showing 4)
View submission: Karma for text-posts (AKA self-posts)
This is really fucking stupid without the addition of an option to disable Karma for text posts in a subreddit. Yes, they're just silly internet points, but that has never stopped shitposting and karma whoring. And that's fine and dandy for a very small set of subreddits that thrive on shitposts (/r/askreddit), but I think most subreddits are going to suffer because of this. I thought reddit was supposed to be helping moderators by giving us new tools and making our lives a little easier. This is pretty much the exact opposite of that. This would all probably be no big deal at all with the inclusion of an option to toggle the feature off for a given subreddit. But as it stands, this is just asking for shitposts and karmawhoring.
Comment by TheCocksmith at 19/07/2016 at 20:20 UTC
18 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Seriously. Shitposting in the sports subs is so much fun in the off season because there is no reward for it. It is purely for the shitpost.
Comment by IRushPeople at 19/07/2016 at 20:41 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Text based subs were riding their bike down the street. The admins didn't like that, so they threw a karma-whore sized wrench in the spokes.
Comment by stuntaneous at 20/07/2016 at 08:46 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It should be opt-in, if we must endure this backwards change.
Comment by ranciddan at 19/07/2016 at 20:46 UTC
-6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
They've given the mods tools. The admin tools seem to be lodged right up the mod's asses.