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View submission: Karma for text-posts (AKA self-posts)
I don't think 'link-based subs have to deal with shit!' is a reason to inflict the shit on the rest of the subs. One of the things I love about Reddit is that it's a mixture of low-effort, easy to digest content *and* really thoughtful, insightful/funny/whatever content. This encourages the former over the latter.
Comment by jsmooth7 at 19/07/2016 at 18:33 UTC
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Yes but only allowing karma for link posts means that karma farmers and spammers are going to focus more on big link-based subreddits like /r/funny, /r/pics, /r/mildlyinteresting, and /r/EarthPorn which means more work for them. (I mod those last two btw so I've seen this first hand.)