TheInternetIsForLargeShrimp

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Why doesn't Lemmy have a system like Reddit's Karma? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[–] TheInternetIsForLargeShrimp@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 6 hours ago

Nah. Reddit showed that karma systems are useless as they are too easy to manipulate. Buy/hijack a bunch of old accounts and suddenly, your scams or crazy propaganda are given artificial authenticity. Or, just use repost bots to farm karma. Really, it was a nice idea but failed when subject to bad actors.

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Hundreds of code libraries posted to NPM try to install malware on dev machines in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] TheInternetIsForLargeShrimp@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 7 hours ago

As well as how many common JS libraries, while not malicious have no business existing (ex. IsEven).

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