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Sayak Gupta

Hey I am on Medial • 15h

Open criticism and feedback please. I love the unhinged content on Reddit. In fact it is the only reason I still use it. But as a newbie it's tough to love reddit I get shadow banned, my posts get deleted. And what's the use of karma points if I ca

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Hey I am on Medial • 14h

Interesting pitch, but gamifying opinions is risky. When you reward people for saying things, you end up with hot takes for attention. Reddit’s karma is flawed, yes—but at least it doesn’t mess with real money or create a "who said it first" arms race.

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Sayak Gupta

Hey I am on Medial • 14h

Thanks for the feedback. You have a good point. That’s why we are focussed on developing a sophisticated algorithm with multiple variables like engagement factors, anti spam factors, daily caps, activity time and according to different actions (like/comment/post/ creating a community all will have different tokens). As you may know discord has a complex algorithm for XP measurement. I will keep updating and share the app/web link when launched. Hoping next month.

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