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Reddit's voting/karma system needs an overhaul. Karma does absolutely nothing on that site yet it's the only metric of value on that site (people do crazy thing

by kneel 10y ago

Reddit's voting/karma system needs an overhaul. Karma does absolutely nothing on that site yet it's the only metric of value on that site (people do crazy things for meaningless reddit karma), that and having an ancient account but old accounts only matter to mods/admins for the most part. Give an allowance of votes per day/week. More can be bought for very cheap, like 2 cents? Votes are a commodity that can be accumulated and used to vote others. The more popular your posts are the more votes you have pooled to use on others. Votes are slowly dissipated over time to prevent hoarding. You'd have to find a way to deal with shills/bots. No easy solution here, invite only will stifle growth. Collecting too much personal info will stifle growth. Maybe extreme blacklisting techniques for anyone found to be manipulating? If you could pull it off then advertisers would actually have to pay to manipulate your site, not perfect but better than reddit's free accounts to manipulate thing they have going on now.

Crosseye_Jack 10y ago
> Give an allowance of upvotes per day/week. More can be bought for very cheap, like 2 cents? Every time a "what would kill off Reddit" thread comes up limiting up/downvotes and paying for more comes up. I feel it would kill off Reddit. (But I'm not a Reddit fan so I wouldn't stand in their way if they wish to add it).
- kneel 10y ago
  Yeah I think if the idea took off it could work but the actual payment screen and entering cc info would turn off >99% of users.
  - CamelCaseName 10y ago
    And the 1% of users it doesn't deter will be the ones who were previously manipulating results and can now do so for much cheaper.
paulpauper 10y ago
Reddit has a lot of features to stop vote spam..they implemented an overhaul in late 2015 I know. Until then, newly made accounts could affect rankings..now they don't. . Mods are also pretty good at deleting spam, unless they are being paid off. The mods of major subs have enormous power, so it would not surprise me if this is going on still

by kneel 10y ago

Crosseye_Jack 10y ago

> Give an allowance of upvotes per day/week. More can be bought for very cheap, like 2 cents? Every time a "what would kill off Reddit" thread comes up limiting up/downvotes and paying for more comes up. I feel it would kill off Reddit. (But I'm not a Reddit fan so I wouldn't stand in their way if they wish to add it).

kneel 10y ago
Yeah I think if the idea took off it could work but the actual payment screen and entering cc info would turn off >99% of users.
- CamelCaseName 10y ago
  And the 1% of users it doesn't deter will be the ones who were previously manipulating results and can now do so for much cheaper.

paulpauper 10y ago

Reddit has a lot of features to stop vote spam..they implemented an overhaul in late 2015 I know. Until then, newly made accounts could affect rankings..now they don't. . Mods are also pretty good at deleting spam, unless they are being paid off. The mods of major subs have enormous power, so it would not surprise me if this is going on still