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As part of your experiments, have you also changed the downvote threshold, or modified it to be based on average karma, not total karma? I ask because I notice
by sorbus 16y ago
As part of your experiments, have you also changed the downvote threshold, or modified it to be based on average karma, not total karma? I ask because I notice that I've lost the ability to downvote - not that I'm especially irritated, as I'm of the opinion that downvotes are generally not an especially good thing, as they can encourage negative behaviors, but just wondering.
- noarchy 16y agoI just noticed that, too. Presumably there is some new, average-based threshold for downvoting in this rep grind system?
- ximeng 16y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853529 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853529 Downvote threshold now 500. Glad I got to the old threshold (201) in time to see how it worked. Think my possible upvote demographic for this comment is the set of all Hacker News users between 201 and 500 karma.
- ElliotH 16y agoI'm dissapointed its been increased. I try and only speak when I have something especially interesting to say. But I regularly vote and in my opinion, vote sensibly. Its a shame to be penalised for quietness.
- stan_rogers 16y agoThat's very likely in keeping with another recent thread here, entitled "Tell HN: Uptick in mean-spirited comments" ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1852560 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1852560 ). One of the threadlets suggested possibilities like eliminating downvotes altogether and replacing them with the option to flag comments as inappropriate, the idea being that "no up" is a good enough disincentive for most purposes, and that downvoting should be considered a drastic measure. I think I've used the privilege twice, and I'm still not entirely sure that one of those downvotes was truly righteous.