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user-inactivated  ·  3996 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Unfollow guilt

I've always felt that having any kind of explicit reward system, whether that's followers or karma, will eventually lead to the lowest common denominator. Badges are not that bad because you give those away, so it encourages good posts and comments, but you don't give away followers.