Karma is a consolation prize for a rubbish api.
The reality: My girlfriend said my moobs are too big.
Also licensing out the VHS format to 3rd party manufacturers also played a not insignificant role in beating Betamax. More conpanies making more VHS machines won a lot of the battle.
On a completely unrelated point, how can I browse/list all the communities on a separate iinstance from the one I’ve subscribed to?
I dont want everyone to leave reddit and come over to lemmy. One of the joys of lemmy is not being overwhelmed with meh.
If people really want karma, they can write a 3rd party app to total their comments and posts scores. This isn’t reddit.
Heck, genXers are the only generation who can set the clock on a VCR. A skill now lost to time and technology.
The business mentality demands competition and unlimited growth, which encourages ‘next big thing’.
The fediverse motivations are not necessarily business. So we can define what we want from it.