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View submission: Karma for text-posts (AKA self-posts)
A few years ago, there was an effort to abolish karma all together because of that reason. Other subs already having to fight crap content isn't a reason to make sure all the subs do.
Comment by jsmooth7 at 19/07/2016 at 18:22 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Getting rid of karma completely isn't a great solution either. A lot of subreddits use karma scores as a way to fight spammers. Plus the main reason accounts try to farm karma is to look more legitimate so they can more easily post spam. Without karma, they'll just change strategies. The shitty posts won't just disappear.