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Karma was more than just how many points your post or comment got, it was a system that was used against users and was meant to stifle discourse in the name of popularity. Being able to sort a post by highest voted comments is an option, but that does not come close to being a karma system. It's a small similarity. I feel like of all the things to not like about Lemmy, upvotes is pretty small beans.
Any system where points mean something to someone's ability to do something or to present themselves counts as a karma system.
How do the points have any affect on your ability to do anything on Lemmy?
Same as with Reddit for most subreddits.
Exactly what do you mean by that? You aren't explaining anything.
Voting isn't designed to be popularity-based just to sit there in the comment section of a post, there are actual processes involved in which they play a role in how content is viewable.
Only if you choose to view by top. Viewing mode is the least problematic way Lemmy could possibly be like Reddit.
How I choose to view it doesn't change how others choose to view it.
Correct. What is your point though?
I thought you were saying I can just view it differently and that this would solve things. Or if you were saying others could, it's not like they're going to just because they can. That's the problem.