Funnily enough, this comment has already been said.

I think the poll numbers will act the same way to moderate what people say. I don’t think total karma was important, it’s seeing a community you’re in agree/disagree with you, and all the dopamine/negativity that comes from that.

Is there any evidence that he has? All I’ve seen points to a ridiculous amount of interest.

Where people think you can play 4d chess to profit from the self imposed destruction of a company? Definitely!

That would be trivial to block anyway

Is just ridiculously false. If you think it is true, make a service to do this trivial thing for people, and become a millionaire overnight.

You need to do a little research before you get up on your high horse. They’re literal, self proclaimed communists. Lemmy was made because Reddit wasn’t left enough. They enjoy censorship and deny basic human right violations, and parrot CCP propaganda. They’re tankies. That’s why the devs instance isn’t federated with many of the major ones.

This is partly why kbin exists.

Wtf. I accidentally deleted my comment two times. Lemmy mobile UI fail!