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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit. (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 1 year ago by LemmyBe to c/showerthoughts

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i’m doing it because I want to make the fediverse more friendly place, in hopes of making it more welcoming for new users, and the nicer place in general. But I wonder how much is just less bots.

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[–] Cyyy 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

but.. do most people actually care? i stopped caring about my cumulative amount after a specific amount (currently i'm at 319.056 Post-Karma, 91.827 comment karma). its just too much too care anymore for me. if it goes down or up.. i don't really feel it anymore or even care. i think the whole cumulative score of votes isn't really fullfilling anything purposefull.

how do you feel about such a cumulative score? does it triggers dopamine for you? for me it is "meh", so i'm interested in how other people experience this.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s a tale as old as time:

you do something and number go up? Dopamine

you do something and number go down? nopeamine

[–] Cyyy 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if you get too much of something fun, it stops being fun after a while. same as with drugs.. after a while, the same dosis isn't having the same high anymore as the first time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Very true. Moderation and responsible use with drugs is key.

Number go up will never stop feeling good hahaha

[–] MegadethRulz 7 points 1 year ago

Doesn’t matter much to me as far as high score type fulfillment fluff but as someone who likes stats and something to reference information about where I’m at is interesting at least and appreciated for the sake of being knowing. I always love video games that had a full stat page on the options like gta

[–] FartsWithAnAccent 3 points 1 year ago

The only thing a bunch of karma did was let you join some private subs but they weren't really all that great usually