On Reddit, many subreddits have configurable requirements like minimum account age and karma before users are allowed to post or comment.
If a user doesn’t meet the criteria, they receive an automatic message like:
Your post/comment has been removed as your account does not meet the karma and/or age requirements of this sub.
Your account must be older than _____ days and have more than ________ combined karma to post here.
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically.
Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
Do you think Lemmy should consider adding similar options for community moderators — such as requiring a minimum amount of local or federated karma, and/or minimum account age — before a user can post or comment in a community?
Would this help reduce spam or low-effort posts, or would it go against the spirit of open discussion that Lemmy encourages?
Not only that, it’s a meaningless requirement. There’s subs on Reddit that exist solely to farm karma. You make a post, everyone upvotes it, done.
Plus it’s double-extra meaningless on Lemmy, where you can run your own instance and give yourself whatever karma count/account date you want.