There is already a total count of up- and downvotes, but please never add karma to Lemmy. We don’t want to deal with karma farmers and minimal karma requirements to post. I don’t care about the moderation issues because karma brought more harm than good. Please never add that bloody dreadful thing to Lemmy. I already saw a bunch of people supporting adding karma to Lemmy, which will turn Lemmy into a cheap Reddit clone and karma-farming hell. Please, never add karma to Lemmy. I beg you. No more karma hell.
I agree with you from the context of YouTube, and perhaps I am misinderstanding Lemmy, but I don’t think it has any sort of similar engagement mechanism?
The issue with YouTube is the desire to push “engaging” content even if that content sucks or is actively incendiary.