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View submission: Karma for text-posts (AKA self-posts)
/r/fallout had a problem with low-effort posts and memes and they disabled link posts to deal with it. It worked. Now it'll stop working because people will make those self posts just for the karma, just like they were making link posts just for the karma before.
Comment by OP_rah at 19/07/2016 at 19:18 UTC
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So then disable all posts! Problem solved!
Comment by AnnaLemma at 19/07/2016 at 20:07 UTC
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/r/DragonAge did this too, right before the release of the latest installment. It was originally intended to be a temporary measure, but when we polled the sub it turned out that everyone liked the "no direct links" rule so much that they asked us to keep it that way. Oh well.
Comment by codeverity at 19/07/2016 at 18:33 UTC
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Yeah, I think mod control will be crucial. I think that some subs would love turning it on to encourage quality content, but the subs that have 7 million + users, not so much.
Comment by jkdeadite at 19/07/2016 at 20:56 UTC
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Yep, this is one of the things that made the Bloodborne sub so good when the game first came out.
Comment by HisNameWasBoner411 at 19/07/2016 at 21:09 UTC
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I'm willing to bet a loooot of subreddits did this. I know /r/guitar did this many years ago.