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I don't think that's the problem. I think it's mostly because it still has way less people (easier to mod), and also it doesn't show user karma, so there's no incentive to karma farm.
Karma is so pointless and I've never understood why you'd 'farm' it
Higher reputation reddit accounts are sold and used to marketers for shilling. Old accounts with lots of karma fetch a higher price. Some ppl just farm karma for their egos.
But I love watching the number go up... It feeds me the approval I didn't receive from my parents.
The human brain loves rising numbers. The pure reason idle games are popular.
They want to put that on their resume lol. like stackloverflow. Dear employer, look how many upvotes I got on this 15 year old meme!
At least SO scores are a little more relevant
Not anymore since all the new answers there are from chatGPT
It makes an account look authentic, which makes recommendations that account offers more genuine. E.g. advertising, political astroturfing.
There's so much of that on Reddit with accounts that look real but aren't. When I started using reddit (like 15 years ago) I was legitimately able to trust most recommendations (I still own and use many of the products I picked up and consider them good decisions), but it's been at least 7 or 8 years where you absolutely can't.