Lemmy Karma Calculator – An extension I wrote to display how much score (Karma) you have! (addons.mozilla.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Yoru@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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source code is availabe here. I'd appreciate feedbacks!

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[-] CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml 51 points 1 year ago

No offense, but I don't like this. Not having Karma is one of the main advantages lemmy has. Karma sucks.

[-] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Agreed, non-cumulative metrics are a pro, not a con.

[-] Yoru@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

all good, I just made it for fun anyways 🫡

[-] Ward@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

🫡

[-] strawberry@artemis.camp 28 points 1 year ago

honestly, can we just let that die with reddit?

[-] Yoru@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

well, it doesn't have to be called "Karma", it's called "Score" in Lemmy's API. I'm probably going to rename it.

[-] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Yes, but people will be starting to react or act to get 'score'. It incentivises certain behaviour.

[-] hal_5700X@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

You have to install the extension to see your karma score. Don't install it. Problem gone.

[-] Yoru@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

[-] strawberry@artemis.camp 1 points 1 year ago

afaik score is just per post, not a cumulative thing visible on ur account

[-] Nerd02@lemmy.basedcount.com 2 points 1 year ago

No I think there's a total score that is saved in your account but is hidden from the frontend

[-] strawberry@artemis.camp 1 points 1 year ago

dunno. either way, im on kbin, so could be different

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago

You monster! 😉

[-] Yoru@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

I just noticed it only works for lemmy.ml and lemmy.world, my fault. Will be publishing the fix in a bit. I was a little too excited XD

[-] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

Thanks anyway!

[-] Yoru@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

the version is out :)

[-] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Great!

[-] HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

While I appreciate your effort and your generosity, unless I’m involved in a conversation about Buddhism, I would be perfectly happy to never hear the word “karma” again.

[-] Yoru@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

well, I was going to change its name to score or something anyways bcuz karma belongs to reddit (at least I think so)

[-] HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Hey, I’m just a battle-scarred reddit refugee. Do what you want!

[-] hal_5700X@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't see the point of downvoting this. You have to install the extension to see your karma score. So I don't see what's the big deal is. Clam down, people.

~~EDIT My biggest problem is this add-on needs access your data for all websites. Why not Lemmy sites only?~~

[-] Yoru@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

because there are too many lemmeny instances, cannot possibly add them all

[-] humanplayer2@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

How do you tally it? I've seen lots of discussions about guesses about how the reddit system works.

[-] Yoru@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I run an API request on loop until there are no posts/comments left. Then I somply add up their score. Sorry for the late response btw

[-] humanplayer2@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Ko problem. Ok, so just the sum of all up- and downvotes. No dicounting for viral posts, etc.

[-] Yoru@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't really understand but it's basically (all upvoted) - (all downvotes)

[-] humanplayer2@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Ok. Reddit has some really elaborate system where the first upvotes gives 1 karma, then after upvote 500 or something, each only gives 0.5 karma or something, etc.