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Indeed, people are here seeking karma for its own sake. That's the problem. It's also the reason why every single techcrunch article get submitted here. Ther
by jasonkester 16y ago
Indeed, people are here seeking karma for its own sake. That's the problem.
It's also the reason why every single techcrunch article get submitted here. There was a time where you'd see maybe one TC article a week come through, usually with discussion as to whether it was really worth being here.
Realistically, maybe half a dozen articles per day are high enough quality to even be submitted here. The fact that we're seeing thousands each day is a sign that standards have fallen drastically. Removing the incentive to post things unless they're really good would go a long way toward improving the signal to noise ratio.
- srean 16y agoYour comment made me think of a scheme where a post automatically incurs a tiny negative karma, which can be compensated and exceeded by the karma awarded by the community. Right now we do not have any dis-incentive for posting noise. It will make posters think twice. However karma has to be made a float as opposed to an integer. I am curious, do downvoters get a tiny hit for downvoting ?
- secret 16y agoI agree there should be a cost for posting stories, even going so far as preventing further submissions if you fall below a certain threshold. You could raise your karma back up through commenting.